France, Dec. 22 -- Ademola Lookman summed it up quite neatly after collecting the trophy for best male footballer at the 2024 Confederation of African Football awards."Four years ago my career felt down," the 27-year-old told the glitterati assembled at the Palais des Congres in Marrakesh. "But now I'm here as the best player in Africa. Don't let your failures stop your dreams."
An apt moment indeed in the Moroccan city to muse on the slings and arrows of footballing fortune.
In September 2020, just over 18 months after leaving the English Premier League team Everton for a five-year contract with the German outfit RB Leipzig, Lookman was back in England's top flight playing on loan for Fulham.
In August 2021, he joined Leicester City on ...