Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure will be the favourite to win a third straight Confederation of African Football (CAF) Footballer of the Year Award on Thursday.
The Ivory Coast international, who picked up the BBC African Footballer of the Year title in
December for the first time, has won the previous two editions of the award, in 2011 and 2012.
Compatriot Didier Drogba, of Galatasaray, and Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel are the other two players in the reckoning for the award, which will be announced in Nigeria’s financial capital, Lagos.
Toure, 31 in May, may not have won a major trophy for club and country last year but his class has shone through at both domestic level and for the Elephants of Ivory Coast.
His closest rival will be Mikel, 26, who helped Nigeria win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and also featured in Chelsea’s UEFA Europa League win.
Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu was the last Nigerian star to win the prestigious award in 1999.
Ex-Stamford Bridge favourite Drogba, 35, was runner-up in 2012 but won the CAF award in 2006 and 2009.
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