Thursday’s emergence of Cote D’Ivoire’s Yaya Toure as African Player of the Year for the third successive time was always expected. In figures released by the Confederation of African Football, voting patterns show how dominant the Ivoirian was and why he retained his title as the continent’s best footballer According to the figures released by CAF after the ceremony, the Ivoirian was always favoured to retain his crown ahead of challengers John Obi Mikel and Didier Drogba.
