Mahrez wins Confederation of African Football's player of the year award

By Naveel Krishant

Friday 06/01/2017

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez.

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has won the Confederation of African Football's player of the year award.

The 25‑year‑old Algerian, who inspired Leicester to the Premier League title, is already the PFA Player of the Year and BBC African Footballer of the Year.

Arsenal and Nigeria forward Alex Iwobi won the young player award.

Leicester City will play Chelsea at 5.30am next Sunday.

Source: bbc.com

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