Sadio Mane has beaten former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah and fellow Senegal international teammate Edouard Mendy to be crowned African Player of the Year in Rabat on Thursday for the second time.
Another chapter in the personal rivalry between former Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah will play out in Rabat on Thursday when the African Player of the Year is named.
Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy has gone from unemployed to one of the world’s best in just six years, writes Dylan Appolis.
Liverpool won the League Cup final in dramatic fashion as Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the decisive penalty to give the Reds an 11-10 shoot-out victory after a pulsating 0-0 draw at Wembley on Sunday.
Senegal star Sadio Mane was named as the Africa Cup of Nations player of the tournament after his performance in Sunday’s final while Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy won the goalkeeper of the tournament tournament and Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar received the Golden Boot award for finishing as the leading scorer with eight goals.
Kepa Arrizabalaga has insisted he “will be ready” for Chelsea in January when Edouard Mendy is likely to be away at the Africa Cup of Nations following more shoot-out heroics on Tuesday.
Thomas Tuchel believes Edouard Mendy should have been included on the Ballon d’Or shortlist.
The nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2021 Yachine Trophy are in, with France Football’s award for the greatest goalkeeper on Earth set to be announced in December.
Frank Lampard has insisted new recruit Edouard Mendy will have to earn first-choice goalkeeper status at Chelsea.
Chelsea’s signing of goalkeeper Eduoard Mendy surely means the end of Kepa Arrizabalaga’s Blues career. But who will take the £71m man?