fijiano202: am not trying to mock anybody or team,am just starting the obvious,Some nigerian fans are really delusional,why would they use the uefa champ lge of 2002 to give award in 2013,secondly do u remeber 2012/2013 was a year to forget for chelsea,starting the league as European champions but not qualifying in an embarassing manner by setting a new Record as 1st champions to be eliminated in the group stage although winning the uefa cup is a morale booster but Moses Perfomance in the league and uefa cup is better than mikel and this may be a big hiccup for mikel due to the fact that people hardly watch europa cup around the world due to UCL,so he may not be voted on the uefa cup glory.Secondly CAF POTY awards winner are voted by captain and coaches and that would be highly influence by individual popularity and performance,Toure is more popular and better than Mikel,am sure some coaches in Africa may not have heard of Mikel or Moses compare to yaya popularity,so i believe its really hard to vote Mikel as winner

bt atleast da watch d Afcon nd da knw wich team rep.africa at fifa conf.cup. Mayb ds d ojoro we re sayin. Any am nt surpris al all. Wen da gav afcon bst player 2 who i did nt even xpect even wen he chop red card

Owo Lee: After waiting for seven years, Super Eagles and Chelsea FC of England midfielder, John Obi Mikel, finally scored his first English Premier League goal against Fulham on Saturday, making him a strong contender for the Glo/CAF African Footballer Of The Year Award billed for Lagos next year.
Soccer loving Nigerians celebrated the goal with frenzy, with some calling jokingly on the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare seven days holiday to mark the end of Mikel’s goal drought. It may sound amazing but that was the wish of Nigerian football fans.

Football pundits in Nigeria are of the view that Mikel should be rewarded with the 2013 edition of the Glo/CAF African Footballer of The Year Award by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, judging by his recent performances.

With a 2013 African Cup of Nations medal, the UEFA Champions League and EUROPA League medals to his credit, some believe that it is time Mikel was crowned the best player in Africa.
Since Stephen Keshi was named as coach of the Super Eagles, Mikel has been a regular, with his sterling performance on the field as an added advantage for him if CAF wants to look in that direction in giving him the award. Mikel’s five star performances at the Nations Cup was pivotal to ending Nigeria’s 19 years wait before winning the AFCON tourney in South Africa early in the year.

The Super Eagles had an abysmal performance at the 2013 Confederations Cup held in Brazil but Mikel, the former Lyn Oslo of Norway player, was on the scorer’s sheet in the 6-1 bashing of little known Tahiti
There are three other players standing in Mikel’s way for the award and they are his compatriots, Emmanuel Emenike of Fenerbahce of Turkey, Victor Moses, who is on loan to Liverpool from Chelsea and Cote d’Ivoire’s Yaya Toure.

Yaya’s country were strong favourites to defeat Nigeria and go ahead to lift the Nations Cup this year, but Mikel’s input in the semifinal clash went a long way in ensuring that Nigeria did not only deny Cote d’Ivoire a final berth but went ahead to lift the trophy.

Cote d’Ivoire failed to live up to their favourites’ tag at the Nations Cup but Yaya’s contribution to his club, Manchester City, cannot be quantified. The edge Yaya has over Mikel is his goal scoring prowess. In the 2012/13 season Yaya scored a total of six goals as against Mikel’s zero.

Emenike on his part would be drawing his strength from his performance at the 2013 Nations Cup, where he won the Highest Goal Scorer Award, but his achievement at his former club, Spartak Moscow, cannot fetch him the needed points to deny Mikel of the award.

While Moses was not a regular for Chelsea last season, he played a formidable role in Nigeria’s emergence as the reigning African champions.

Since Mikel posted an outstanding showing to ensure Toure’s team were ousted from the Nations Cup, it makes it a lot easier for the Nigerian to grab the CAF award.

Wrong journalism. That is the way they pass wrong information. He scored against Uruguay not Tahiti

Mikel Obi has achieved more success than yaya. this is his time to win it... #peace

Abajosax007: Is this because of one goal......

. . . . . . And was that the ONLY thing you read up there for him to be The AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR? Some people reason from their rear sha!

fijiano202: am not trying to mock anybody or team,am just starting the obvious,Some nigerian fans are really delusional,why would they use the uefa champ lge of 2002 to give award in 2013,secondly do u remeber 2012/2013 was a year to forget for chelsea,starting the league as European champions but not qualifying in an embarassing manner by setting a new Record as 1st champions to be eliminated in the group stage although winning the uefa cup is a morale booster but Moses Perfomance in the league and uefa cup is better than mikel and this may be a big hiccup for mikel due to the fact that people hardly watch europa cup around the world due to UCL,so he may not be voted on the uefa cup glory.Secondly CAF POTY awards winner are voted by captain and coaches and that would be highly influence by individual popularity and performance,Toure is more popular and better than Mikel,am sure some coaches in Africa may not have heard of Mikel or Moses compare to yaya popularity,so i believe its really hard to vote Mikel as winner

dis one na m-u-m-u o, u dey watch football at all? ''some coaches in Africa may nt av heard abt Mikel or Moses'', we're nt tlking abt d coaches in ur village here o, so tel me hw coaches won't knw players dat play 4 chelsea. U don eat dis nyt at all? Pls try and find sumtin to eat cos u're mentally derailed. Shut up if u dunno wot to comment, must u comment?? Dindinrin oponu oshi, ode!!

jhidey08: dis one na m-u-m-u o, u dey watch football at all? ''some coaches in Africa may nt av heard abt Mikel or Moses'', we're nt tlking abt d coaches in ur village here o, so tel me hw coaches won't knw players dat play 4 chelsea. U don eat dis nyt at all? Pls try and find sumtin to eat cos u're mentally derailed. Shut up if u dunno wot to comment, must u comment?? Dindinrin oponu oshi, ode!!

lol

olrotimi: bros did u rili hv to quote d entire article jus to say that? U dey occupy space na, u kow say some of us are stil using 3310

did u v to quote a single word n write epistle

nedu2000: Nomination, ‎​yes but yaya toure is the better player

shallow brain,when its mikel turn, must u use ur wicked sentiment deny him, thank God, u can't in anyway go close to d selection comittee. olosi!

Mac- 10 for Nairalander of the Year

kolo65: Mikel is not yet good for such a title he is still a little 2 rusty in playin....furst page finz HALLELUYAH

who is this one sef? Do you watch football at all? Mikel is a perfect defensive midfielder.

yes he is

Owo Lee:

Mikel a passenger in the team, has carried champions league, FA cup, premiership etc
In the super eagles team also, he played vital role in winning of the nations cup...is dat not enough...

Thank you my brother, my problem is the level porverty in africa are influencing many people's brain, imagine that fool calling mikel a persanger? That lunatic must be sentece to yaba left. Olosi!

Na waooo! maybe its true that football unites nigeria.
nobody has talked about fucktards, fear-fear tribe, aboki, igbo, yoruba, hausa, etc

Anyway, in as much as I am not happy with Mikel development in football, yet my instinct tells me its just his lucky time to be crowned African most valuable player.
Though he is less a player than Yaya, yet he achieved more than yaya last season to nations cup, that is really what matters.
He is going to win it.

Ayomax: una dey craze? coz he scored one goal for Chelsea in 7yrs, you think we should consider him for Africa footballer of the year. when Yaya dey there

ur papa and ur generation day mad!

OP, next u want to post a topic for discussion, check ur facts very well.

The Super Eagles had an abysmal performance at the 2013 Confederations Cup held in Brazil but Mikel, the former Lyn Oslo of Norway player, was on the scorer’s sheet in the 6-1 bashing of little known Tahiti.

Wrong! Mikel scored against Uruguay not Tahiti.

Yaya’s country were strong favourites to defeat Nigeria and go ahead to lift the Nations Cup this year, but Mikel’s input in the semifinal clash went a long way in ensuring that Nigeria did not only deny Cote d’Ivoire a final berth but went ahead to lift the trophy.

Wrong again! Nigeria played against Cote d'ivoire in the quarter finals not semis.

Lol ;DLol

Jarus: Yes, I believe so.

Although I believe he should have more playing time. It doesn't speak well that Africa's best player will not be a first team player in a club like Chelsea.

i think he already has enough playing time and is also a first team player.

bin gbagbo:

it is an undisputed fact that michael essien is the best box to box midfielder Africa has ever seen and had it not been a plethora of injuries leading over 10 knee surgeries, he would have picked this award severally. even now that injuries have taken a toll on him, he is 10 times better than mikel obi, no sentiments. mikel,s co~equals are anthony annan, agyeman badu, emmanuel frimpong, rabiu mohammed .

Why u Ghanaians are bias, senseless and envious. Ur anthony annan is a bench warmer in Fulham and he never won any trophy in his football career. Emmanuel frimpong is in Arsenal team C for 6 years now. Nigeria home base sunday mba is 1000 times better than agyeman badu and rabu mohammed.

Mikel is able ooooo full surport with dat beautiful goal in Afcon

can somebody discribe me dis guy? abeg

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jhidey08: dis one na m-u-m-u o, u dey watch football at all? ''some coaches in Africa may nt av heard abt Mikel or Moses'', we're nt tlking abt d coaches in ur village here o, so tel me hw coaches won't knw players dat play 4 chelsea. U don eat dis nyt at all? Pls try and find sumtin to eat cos u're mentally derailed. Shut up if u dunno wot to comment, must u comment?? Dindinrin oponu oshi, ode!!

Don't mind him jare .

bin gbagbo:

it is an undisputed fact that michael essien is the best box to box midfielder Africa has ever seen and had it not been a plethora of injuries leading over 10 knee surgeries, he would have picked this award severally. even now that injuries have taken a toll on him, he is 10 times better than mikel obi, no sentiments. mikel,s co~equals are anthony annan, agyeman badu, emmanuel frimpong, rabiu mohammed .

Micheal Essien is a past tense and we are talking about present tense which is Mikel Obi.

bin gbagbo: top 11 african footballers currently..

1. Kevin Prince Boateng
(Ghana)
2. Yaya Toure
(ivory coast)
3.Pierre~emeric aubamenyang(Gabon)
4. Mohammed Salah
(egypt)
5. Andre dede ayew
(Ghana)
6. victor moses
(nigeria)
7. pitriopa
(Burkina)
8. sulley muntari(Ghana)
9. traore (burkina)
10.Kolo toure
(ivory coast)
11. kwadwo asamoah(Ghana)
12 platini (cape verde)

hahahahaha...dis list is so funny...pls tk dis rubish awt 4rm here..,i can gues where ur 4rm....its either u're Ghanian or an anti-Nigeria...nonsense...wat did KPB do dat mks him beta dan every African player?...i wuld ve even prefered a Dildier Drogba 2 Kelvin Prince Boanteng...in a nut shel, u strtd spoiling dis list 4rm d number one...so its totaly unaceptable

Aerocrystals: hahahahaha...dis list is so funny...pls tk dis rubish awt 4rm here..,i can gues where ur 4rm....its either u're Ghanian or an anti-Nigeria...nonsense

Oya put your own list make we see.

homesteady: I think Mikel should win the african best player! But I know that Yaya is better than him!
let us use the European best player as an example - there is no how you'll compare Ribery with Messi or Cr7! They are like one million times better than him! But because he shone with Bayern, that's why he got the best player! But even if you ask him, he'll tell you that messi is better than him!!
So Mikel should win also!

lol, you are so funny. Logic can not work here. The winner is decided through election so logic has never and would never work. Egypt won the African nations Cup 3 times in a row and none of their players won the african footballer of the year within that period of 6 years. Lets just hope that Mikel gets enough votes in order to crown him the king of african football.
And who told you that CR7 and messi are a million times better than franck ribbery? Still laughing....

Mr. Aladin:
He deserve It 100% Judging by his performance in d nations cup n confed. Cup.
Imagine how he outshine xavi n iniesta ag8 Spain. He also outshine cavani n suarez wen we played uruguay.
He is the holding midfielder in caf best evelen for dis year.
If dem no give am na ojoro.

you guys keep saying he outshined xavi and iniesta, in a game we lost 3 : 0? He outshined cavani and suarez, is he a defender? So because he scored a goal he should be rated above yaya toure?

@johnsonjosbles:
ur papa and ur generation day mad!

must everyone know that you are a chelsea fan?

Ikenna94: Cant believe what some guyz re postin here. Mikel was 4 times named man of the match in the nations cup including the final, he was outstanding in Confed cup, what does yaya toure have to show, he did nt do anything in the league, went out early in the nations cup,just scored 3 goals dis season, ronaldo scored more than 40 goals bt becos bayern won the champions league he was given the best player.abeg mikel has won it jare.

wrong! man of the match in the final was pitropia.