• Ademola Lookman is the leading candidate to win the 2024 African Footballer of the Year award
• The attacker was impressive for both club and country, helping each of them reach at least one final this year.
• Super Eagles teammate and London-bred star Alex Iwobi crowned him before the ceremony.

Ademola Lookman has received a strong endorsement from one of his Super Eagles teammates ahead of the 2024 CAF Player of the Year Award presentation in Morocco next month.

Lookman is the favorite to win the award after an impressive season for club and country, taking both to at least one final within three months.

He helped Atalanta beat unbeatable German Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final, scoring an incredible hat trick. Nigeria fell short in the AFCON final.

As pointed out Europa League in XHis hat trick was his first in the competition final and capped a remarkable season for him in Bergamo.

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Iwobi crowns Lookman CAF POTY

Lookman’s fantastic season has already been rewarded with a Ballon d’Or nomination, and he finished in 14th place when the final rankings were released on October 30.

received a Nigerian jury first place votebecoming the first Super Eagles player to receive such a vote, and it spread across several countries.

All of these accolades have made him the favorite to succeed his compatriot and on-loan Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen as the reigning Best African Footballer.

As seen in a video shared by Alex Iwobi on snapchatThe Fulham forward, along with Calvin Bassey, Ola Aina and Lookman, were on the flight to the international break when Iwobi hailed Lookman as the Best African.

Nigerians expect Lookman to win and have disapproved of CAF for omitting Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface after the striker missed AFCON 2023.

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Legit.ng analyzed Lookman and other Nigerian nominees for the 2024 CAF Men’s Award, as Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface was surprisingly left out.

The Atalanta forward leads the country’s nominations in the different men’s categories along with Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali.

Source: Legit.ng