Muhammad Sallah wins BBC African player of the year

Egyptian forward and Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has been named the BBC African Footballer of the Year following a remarkable year with AS Roma, Liverpool and the Egyptian national group.

The 25-year-old beat partner Sadio Mane and in addition Victor Moses, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Naby Keita to
the honor, to wind up noticeably the third Egyptian player after Mohamed Barakat (2005) and Mohamed Aboutrika (2008) to win the prize.

Salah overcame Algeria's Riyad Mahrez, who secured the title in 2016 after his adventures with Leicester City amid their momentous Premier League-winning effort.

"I want to win this honor again in 2018" Salah revealed to BBC Sport. "I have dependably taken after my way, and I need everybody in Egypt to take after my way.

"Since I travelled out of Egypt, in my brain, I need to be the best Egyptian ever. I buckle down and attempt to be not the same as them."

Salah, who has likewise been designated for the CAF African Footballer of the Year grant, is at present the Premier League's top scorer in the wake of scoring 13 goals in 16 featured match since coming to anfield this mid year.

He additionally has five as of now in the Champions League, proceeding
the fine frame he showed with Roma in the Italian best flight last term, when he scored 15 and contributed 11 helps.

At universal level, Salah was the key hero as Egypt qualified to the finals of Africa Cup of Nations where they were beaten by Cameroon.

He was additionally persuasive as they finished their 28-year wait to include in a World Cup, playing a part in every one of the seven goals -scoring five - that saw the North African mammoths pip Uganda, Ghana and Congo-Brazzaville to a spot in Russia.

Salah significantly ventured up to net a stoppage-time punishment against the Congolese to affirm the Pharaohs' interest, in one of the immense minutes in African football in the course of the most recent a year.

"I need to thank my Liverpool colleagues and I additionally had a decent season with Roma so I need to thank my partners there and my colleagues in the national group," Salah included.