Reason Why No Nigerian Player was on the Shortlisted 10 African Players in 2015

Nigerian players over the years have not been finding the UEFA Champions League as a good playing ground as only few Nigerians have had the opportunity to have played in the biggest competition in European.

The most consistent of them is John Obi Mikel as he has lifted the cup, apart from him, only a few other Nigerians have done great exploits in the Champions League; let's take a look at the Nigerian players in the champions’ league in the 2015/2016 season.

Captain Ahmed Musa couldn't stop Wayne "wazza" Rooney from equaling Dennis Law tally of 237 goals for United. Musa played for the entire duration of the match but he was unable to hit the bull's eye.

Former West Brom forward Brown Ideye was also action as he helped his team Olympiakos to a comprehensive two to one win over Dinamo Zagreb of Crotia. He was instrumental in the game as he continually tormented the defense of Zagreb. His team is in second place behind Bayern Munchen.

John Obi Mikel was not listed by Chelsea as they faced Dynamo Kiev as his team fought for a deserved win against their visitors after they went ahead in the 34th minute through an own goal from Aleksandar Dragovic, who later scored in the 77th to level the score before Willian scored a superb freekick to win the game for Chelsea.

Nigerian international Nosa Igiebor started from the bench as his team lost at home to FC Porto. He was introduced in the 82nd minute after his team had already gone 3 goals down, he couldn't help his team to even the score as the game ended three goals to one.

So in this year's champion's league, we have only four Nigerians in the biggest competition in Europe, the UEFA champions League, no wonder, none of our players could make the shortlist of the ten African player of the year.

What could be wrong with our players been dropped? Is it that they are not playing very well in the top leagues or they are not committed to the national team, in case you miss the shortlist of the ten African players released by CAF recently here's it

1. Andre Ayew (Swansea City) - Ghana

2. Aymen Abdennour (Valencia) - Tunisia

3. Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim 'Karika' (Al-Hilal) - Sudan

4. Mohamed Salah (Roma) - Egypt

5. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)- Gabon

6. Sadio Mane (Southampton) -Senegal

7. Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain) - Ivory Coast

8. Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) - Algeria

9. Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto) - Algeria

10. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) Ivory Coast

I seriously think that Aubameyang would win it this time; I don't see Yaya winning it for 5th time in a row.

What's your view? Let's hear your views on the questions listed above.