Ivory Coast
and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is the sole African player on the the
23-man shortlist for the Fifa men's world
footballer of the year award.
It is indicative of the state of African football - and the lack of
achievement by African teams. At recent World Cups, particularly in South African in 2010 - where there were six African sides in the tournament and only Ghana got past the first round - teams from the continent have failed to deliver.
And it has fuelled the perception that African football has a long way to go to be considered to be at the highest level.
Then add to the mix the fact that really big recent superstars of African football - such as Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Michael Essien - have all passed their prime, are not playing as much football, nor winning as often, as they used to.
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