Senegal’s Sadio Mane has a chance to retain his Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year award after the organisers cut down its shortlist in the men’s categories.

Mane, the last man to be crowned Africa’s best player back in 2019, will go up against former Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah of Egypt and compatriot Edouard Mendy of Chelsea.

Riyad Mahrez, Naby Keita, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Toko Ekambi, Achraf Hakimi, Sebastien Haller and Kalidou Koulibaly have all fallen by the wayside from the 10-long list released over a week ago.

Caf, African football’s governing body, has also announced the final lists for other men’s categories including Coach, Young Player, Interclub Player, Club, National team and goal of the year awards.

All the winners will be named on Thursday.