Ivory Coast captain and Manchester City star, Yaya Toure has expressed his disappointment after narrowly missing out on a record fifth straight CAF African Player of the Year Award.
The 32-year-old midfielder has previously won the prestigious individual accolade in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Given his form at Manchester City and that he also led Ivory Coast to victory in the African Cup of Nations in 2015 he could easily have won the award for a record fifth time.
But free-scoring Gabon and Borussia Dortmund star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tallied 143 points to upset Yaya in a vote done by coaches or technical directors of CAF member-nations.
In his words he said. “I am disappointed but that won’t take anything from anybody. I am sure Andre (Ayew) is also disappointed after what he did last year,”
“This is not the time to complain. We will all go back and continue to work hard.”

Live wire striker Aubameyang had been strongly tipped to clinch this year’s prize after scoring 18 goals in 17 Bundesliga games and 27 in all competitions this season.
The 26-year-old Gabon skipper said he was delighted to win the award for the first time while praising the abundant talent in his native country.
“We have good players and a good national team in Gabon,” declared Aubameyang after he was named the best African player for the past year and dedicated it to his country.

Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o Fils has also won the award four times, while Nigeria’s Nwankwo Kanu, El Hadj Diouf of Senegal and Yaya’s compatriot Didier Drogba have scooped it twice each.

Winning the award four times in a row was a hit, 2011 to 2014, but sorry Aubameyang had to take it this time... Leave trash for LAWMA bro. lol

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