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.