Former Super Eagles boss congratulates Simon on CAF awards nomination

The Nantes star is the one Nigerian current within the yearly CAF awards, and the previous Nigerian coach is elated together with his feat

Former Tremendous Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen has congratulated Nantes ahead Moses Simon on his nomination for the CAF participant of the yr award.

Simon was the one Nigerian participant that made the thirty-man shortlist for the CAF participant of the yr. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, Porto’s Zaidu Sanusi, and Joe Aribo had been all snubbed in an inventory that had the likes of Mohamed Elneny and Bertrand Traore.

Eguavoen was Nigeria’s coach earlier this yr when Simon impressed on the Africa Cup of Nations. And he took to social media to congratulate the Tremendous Eagles ahead.

Congratulations Moses Simon in your nomination for the CAF Awards 2022. ?A large W for Nigeria and the Tremendous Eagles. ?? ? @Simon27Moses pic.twitter.com/Ml6LLjSwz4

— Austin Eguavoen (@coacheguavoen) July 1, 2022

The final time a Nigerian gained the CAF participant of the yr award was 23 years in the past. And it doesn’t seem to be that may change when the awards ceremony takes place in July 2022.

Bayern Munich star Sadio Mane, who gained the Nations Cup with Senegal earlier this yr, and Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah are broadly thought-about favorites.