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Nigeria FF Boss Questions CAF's Awards Criteria After Moses Snub

Amaju Pinnick reckons the Super Eagles star performed very well in 2017 and should have made the final cut for the Player of the Year gon...

Amaju Pinnick reckons the Super Eagles star performed very well in 2017 and should have made the final cut for the Player of the Year gong.
 
Nigerian Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick believes Super Eagles attacker Victor Moses did just enough to deserve a spot on the final shortlist of nominees for the prestigious CAF African Player of the Year award.
 
 
The Chelsea winger was arguably the biggest of seven casualties as the continental football governing body announced its ultimate category nominees for the awards gala slated for January 4 in Accra on Monday.
 
 
The winger was seeking to become the first Nigerian to win the top honour since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999, after a largely successful 2017 campaign for club and country.
 
 
“I’m not happy because I feel that Moses should be part of the last three," Pinnick told Citi Sports.


"The only reason why [Riyad] Mahrez won the award last year was because of what he did with Leicester [City]. 

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