Cameroon international Flavien Enzo Boyomo is the latest to throw his weight behind Nigeria international and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman to win the CAF men’s best player award.
The winner will be announced at the CAF Awards 2024 on December 16.
Lookman, who made history as the first player to score a hat-trick in a European club competition final during his club’s triumph over Bayer Leverkusen last season, has been getting massive backing from teammates, stakeholders and fans since CAF announced the final shortlist for the award.
Lookman faces competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Algeria’s Amine Gouiri, Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams.
Despite the stiff competition from other nominees, the Osasuna centre-back remains confident that the Atalanta man will win the award.
“I believe Lookman will win the African Ballon d’Or,” Boyomo told Actu Cameroon.
“He won the Europa League and he is the one who has the best chance of winning the trophy this year.”
Lookman’s nomination comes after a remarkable season that saw him emerge as Europe’s most productive attacking player in the latter stages of the 2023/24 campaign, registering 14 goal contributions (eight goals and six assists) more than any other player across Europe’s top five leagues since April.
So far this season, Lookman has continued with his impressive form this campaign, with the Nigeria international already notching nine goals and five assists in just 16 appearances for La Dea.
