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#7 – Sadio Mane
So close, yet so far! Sadio Mane's Senegal came very close to winning the Africa Cup of Nations but a deflected goal in the final saw them finish runners-up. The Liverpool forward has been at his best this year and deserves to be in the top half of the ranking by the end of the year.
However, he will have to perform well to maintain his upward climb in the ranking. He was 10th at one point but has slowly been crawling up and has moved from 9th to 7th this month.
He's expected to be back in business soon but might miss the first match of the season as he was not available for the pre-season matches. Just like Salah, Mane will also have a lot of matches to play in the next 4 months and if he helps Liverpool win the majority of the matches, there will be nothing stopping him from making it to the top half.
