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How Nigeria coach Rohr and captain Musa voted for The Best Fifa Men’s Player of the Year

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr picked PSG star Kylian Mbappe as his favourite for The Best Fifa Men's Player of the Year for 2019 while captain Ahmed Musa voted for the eventual winner, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

Rohr snubbed Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in his selection and chose Mbappe, Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk and Real Madrid's Eden Hazard as his top three candidates.

Musa, on his part, went for Messi as his number one while Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah followed in the second and third place respectively.