The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player, and the current Paraguayan team Asunción Emmanuel Adebayor, said that the Liverpool duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane do not deserve to win the award for best player in Africa in 2019 and 2020 .
"I have kept myself away from anything K is doing, I only honor my country, Togo, but if I am invited to anything related to the African Union, I will not participate in it, " Adebayor said in comments to All Africa .
On the prize for the best player in Africa, he said: "How can a man win the prize? He is not a player in Africa. Lionel Messi did not win an individual award in South America. I have not seen a player playing in Europe from South America and winning a prize on his continent ."
He added: "In Brazil, Neymar does not win the Player of the Season award, but he can win the Player of the Year award in Brazil, so how does Salah and Mani win the award? This is not a good scenario. This award belongs to players playing in Africa ."
It is reported that Adebayor was crowned the award in 2008, and was then playing for Arsenal .