Egypt’s Mohamed Salah has been nominated by the Arab Association for Sporting Journalism, alongside Syria duo Omar Al Somah and Omar Khribin, for the Arab Player of the Year for 2017.

Salah carried on his spectacular performances since last season with Roma, where he scored 19 goals and assisted 18, with Liverpool this season being the the team’s top scorer with 18 goals in all competitions.

Al Somah was also included among the contenders for the award after his electrifying campaign with Al Ahli and going far with Syria in the World Cup qualifiers until their defeat to Australia in the play-offs.

The list also includes Syria striker Omar Khribin who was crowned as the Asian Player of the Year after a fascinating season which have seen him reach the Asian Champions League final with Al Hilal. UAE sensation Omar Abdulrahman and Tunisia attacking midfielder Youssef Msakni are also in contention for the trophy.

The 10 contenders for Arab Player of the Year:

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Omar Al Somah (Syria) Omar Khribin (Syria) Omar Abdulrahman (UAE) Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Nawaf Al Abed (Saudi Arabia) Karim El-Ahmadi (Morocco) Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) Achraf Bencharki (Morocco) Mohannad Abdulraheem Karrar (Iraq)

The winner of this year’s edition of the award will succeed Algeria and Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez who achieved it last year.