Salah hopes to complete the perfect day for Egypt

CAIRO - 8 January 2018: It has been a great morning for football fans in Egypt as the country was selected to be the hosts of 2019 African Cup of Nations.

Egypt won the rights to host the tournament after being selected over South Africa.

Egypt gained 16 votes from CAF Executive Committee members while South Africa received only one vote.

Egyptian fans will keep their eyes in Dakar, Senegal Capital, where the CAF awards ceremony is set to be held on Tuesday night and Liverpool Egyptian winger, Mohamed Salah, has a big chance to win it.

Salah is nominated for CAF player of the year award alongside his teammate in Liverpool, Sadio Mane, and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The shortlist includes the same nominees from last season when Salah achieved the award for the first time.

Salah has had an amazing season with Liverpool as he led his team to UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid but he only played 25 minutes and left the pitch after suffering an injury and followed his team’s 3-1 loss from the stands.

The Egyptian scored 44 goals last season at all competitions, including 32 goals at the league that granted him the Premier League Golden Boot award.

This season, Salah suffered a frustrating start with his team but he regained his form and scored 13 goals at the league for Liverpool after 20 games leading his team to Premier League leadership.

He also scored a decisive goal against Napoli at home that secured his team’s qualification to UEFA Champions League second round.

Salah received BBC African Player of the Year award and became the second player to win the award twice in a row after Nigeria’s Jay-Jay Okocha.