Why Mikel should have won the CAF African Footballer of Year Award.

The annual CAF awards may have come and gone, with Man City's Yaya Toure winning the accolade of African Footballer of the Year award but the discussion of who really deserves it continues. Evidently, the decision to pronounce Mr. Toure as Africa's best footballer left sour taste in some mouths. CAF went against precedence of anointing the most prominent player of the  Nations Cup as the Best Player in Africa and gave it the most Marketable choice.

We proffer a few reasons why Mikel should have been the man to be crowned 

1. Chelsea won the UEFA Cup

Chelsea won an European trophy and Man. city won none throughout 2013 which should give Mikel then edge over Toure. Especially when Mikel played an important role in the run-up to lifting the trophy.

2. Nigeria won the African Nations Cup

Mikel led the the Nigeria's Super Eagles to the African Nations Cup victory in January, 2013. On the road to lifting the trophy, Toure and Mikel met in the mouth watering clash of Africa's finest and Mikel's Super Eagles came out top.

3. If Cannovoro can win Ballon d'Or so can Mikel

Mikel Obi does not score many goals but his steady performance in protecting the Chelsea back-line is note worthy. His defensive play and ball holding ability preserves the score line and stabilizes the game for the blues. Although, Yaya Toure scored much more goals, as some would argue,but that is not what the game is all about.