Arab Player of Year for 2017 named

Baku. 2 January. REPORT.AZ/ Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah was named Arab Player of the Year for 2017.

Report informs, the 25-year old player won a poll of around 100 sports journalists from several Arab countries.

Syrian winger Omar Khribin, who plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, came second and another Syrian player, Omar Al-Soma, of Saudi side Al Ahli, was third.

Notably, M. Salah was transferred from Roma to Liverpool last summer. He scored 23 goals in 29 games in the current season. The striker, who has played a major role in Egypt's qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, is also nominated as  African Footballer of the Year 2017, which winner will be announced on January 4.