CAF(African Football Association) have officially revealed the Best XI of Africa in 2018, with two-time Player of the Year winner Salah leading the squad.
Full squad:
Goalkeeper: Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns/Uganda)
Defenders: Serge Aurier (Tottenham/ Ivory Coast), Medhi Benatia (Juventus/Morocco), Eric Bailly (Man Utd/ Ivory Coast), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli/Senegal);
Midfielders: Naby Keita (Liverpool/Guinea), Thomas Partey (Atletico/Ghana), Riyad Mahrez (Man City/Algeria);
Forwards: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal/Gabon), Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal);
Related:
Arsenal
Manchester United
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Juventus
Napoli
Atletico Madrid
Mamelodi Sundowns
Benatia
Aubameyang
Denis Onyango
Salah
Koulibaly
Aurier
Mahrez
Mane
Partey
Bailly
Naby Keita
Nkay16
191
The Complete back 4 is a disaster... only koulibaly deserves to be there... ndidi should have come in place of keita- that dude didn’t play that well last year... mahrez too didn’t see much game time he isn’t supposed to be there. The front 3 are perfect
akpabio123
132
I think this guy deserve to be in the line up
cabacetuy
77
I think CAF was smoking when they were selecting this team cuz a lot of them are benchwarmers the likes of Aurier, Benatia
Tinosavage
65
wtf!! am I the only one who thinks onana from Cameroon needs to be on this squad
RGGil
54
This isn't the best African team; Players like Pogba, Kante, Lukaku etc would've been dream African team