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BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018: Mohamed Salah

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Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah retains the award he won last season.

He becomes the first player to win in consecutive seasons since Bolton and Nigeria legend Jay-Jay Okocha in 2003 and 2004. This year he beats Kalidou Koulibaly, Mehdi Benatia, Thomas Partey and Sadio Mane.

This is what Mohamed Salah had to say about winning the award. 

"It's a great feeling. I would like to win it also next year.

"I think there's many [great] moments in 2018. The game against Tottenham was top and the game against Roma here was also unbelievable. I feel like I'm scoring goals, helping the team to get the points to be top in the league and that's always a great feeling."

What are you looking forward to in the coming year?

"Just to win something with the club so everyone is excited, everyone is happy about that, so I also try to push myself every day, to help the team win something.

"This season everyone wants to win something. So I think we will carry on until we see."