It has emerged that President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi and the head of the GFA\u2019s Technical Directorate, Francis Oti Akenteng, did not choose Black Stars forward Andre Ayew as part of their top picks for the Glo CAF Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
Ayew was part of the initial 30-man shortlist for the award which also had the likes of Sadio Mane, Ahmed Musa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Riyad Mahrez, Dennis Onyango among others.<\/p>\n
However, the player did not make the final 3-man shortlist for the award.<\/p>\n
The voting decisions taken by Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is part of CAF\u2019s Media Committee and Oti Akenteng, a menber of CAF\u2019s Technical Committee, came to light when the Confederation of African Football released the voting patterns for the 2016 Glo CAF Player of the Year awards.<\/p>\n
In the document, Kwesi Nyantakyi\u2019s top picks were in the following order: Riyad Mahrez in first place, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in second place and Mohammed Salah in third place.<\/strong><\/p>\n Nyantakyi voted for Ayew in fourth place while Nigerian young forward Kelechi Iheanacho<\/strong> was his fifth choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n