He explained that the likes of Michael Essien, Yaya Toure, etc who lifted the image of African high in the world through football, should have been contenders for the Ballon d’or during their heydays, if not discrimination.
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There is discrimination against African players-Thomas Partey
Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey has thrown a bombshell that European players are favoured more as compared to Africans.
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Partey is not the first African professional to have raised the issue. The likes of Samuel Eto’o from Cameroon and Ivorian born Yaya Toure have voiced their concerns as well, lamenting the situation.
“If we are compared with European players, it looks like they are more considered than a player from Africa,” Partey told Spanish international news agency, EFE.
“We had very good players, like Yaya Toure, Michael Essien. They were considered as good players, but not at the level to win a Ballon d’Or because they come from Africa, but they are ‘top’ players from Africa.
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“We consider them as ‘top’ players but not at the level of the likes of Modric, Messi or Ronaldo, but there were very many good African players.
“Eto’o and Drogba scored a lot of goals and could have won the Ballon d’Or, but they did not succeed,” he said.
Current Liberia president George Weah remains the only African winner of the Ballon d’Or, which he won in 1995 while playing for AC Milan.
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