‘African Player of the Year’ – Nigerians celebrate Lookman after Europa League final heroics
Football enthusiasts are tipping Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman to be the 2024 African Footballer of the Year after scoring a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League final on Thursday. Lookman single-handedly powered Atalanta to a 3-0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen at the Aviva Stadium. His heroics in the second-tier European competition puts him in the running to succeed compatriot Victor Osimhen who is the reigning African football...