{"id":243197,"date":"2024-11-01T04:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T04:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/kudus-will-win-caf-player-of-the-year-agyemang-badu-predicts\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T04:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T04:23:09","slug":"kudus-will-win-caf-player-of-the-year-agyemang-badu-predicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/kudus-will-win-caf-player-of-the-year-agyemang-badu-predicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudus will win CAF Player of The Year-Agyemang Badu predicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has expressed confidence that Mohammed Kudus will eventually secure the African Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an impressive debut Premier League season, scoring 14 goals and providing six assists for West Ham, Kudus was notably absent from the Confederation of African Football\u2019s (CAF) recent ten-man shortlist for the continent\u2019s top footballer.<\/p>\n<p>Players like Nigeria\u2019s Ademola Lookman, Morocco\u2019s Achraf Hakimi, Guinea\u2019s Serhou Guirassy, DR Congo\u2019s Chancel Mbemba, and South Africa\u2019s Ronwell Williams made the cut instead of the Black Stars forward.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging Kudus&#8217; outstanding season with West Ham, Agyemang-Badu remains optimistic about his future prospects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping he would make the shortlist, but there were also many exceptional players who performed very well in Africa last year,\u201d Agyemang-Badu told Flashscore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKudus is young and has many chances to be crowned Africa\u2019s best. He just needs to stay focused, keep learning, and continue to grow. His time will come\u2014it\u2019s a marathon, not a sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No Ghanaian player has claimed the African Player of the Year award since Abedi Ayew in 1992, but Agyemang-Badu believes Kudus could soon end the long wait for Ghana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has expressed confidence that Mohammed Kudus will eventually secure the African Player of the Year award. 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