The nominees are (in alphabetical order): Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) CSKA Moscow Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)Al Ain Dame N'Doye (Senegal) Locomotiv Moscow Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire)Galatasaray Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria) Fenerbahce Islam Slimani (Algeria) Sporting Lisbon John Mikel Obi (Nigeria) Chelsea Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso) Stade Rennais Kévin Constant (Guinea)AC Milan Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana) Juventus Luís Carlos Almada Soares (Cape Verde)AC Omonia Mehdi Benattia (Morocco) AS Roma Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt) Al Ahly Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Basel FC Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon) Marseille Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) Borussia Dortmund Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (Cape Verde)Lille Saladin Said (Ethiopia) Wadi Degla FC Seydou Keita (Mali)Dalian Aerbin F.C Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)Valencia Sunday Mba (Nigeria)Warri Wolves Victor Wanyama (Kenya)Southampton FC Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)Lille Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho' (Cote d'Ivoire) AS Roma Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire) Manchester City (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at@AO_Sportsand on Facebook atAhramOnlineSports.) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/86574.aspx