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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 24 Sep 2017

    No single African player on @FIFAcom @FIFPro list of the top 55 players in the world. No @Aubameyang7 nor Sadio Mane. Surprised?pic.twitter.com/fUhklhZx2n

    8:32 AM - 24 Sep 2017
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      1. Sitati Wasilwa‏ @SitatiWasilwa 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        Imperialism and racism. Simple.

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      2. Raakesh Savji Parmar‏ @Raakwork 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        This has to be a bad joke - both should be in there

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Raakesh Savji Parmar‏ @Raakwork 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Raakwork @BBCAfrica and

        By 'bad joke' , I obviously mean racism - this is what happens when a bunch of old men smoke their colonial pipes

        0 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Oluseyi Joseph 🇳🇬‏ @Jagunbaba 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        Yea of course. @Aubameyang7 was the best striker in German Bundesliga last season ahead of Lewa. If latter made it, why not him??

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      1. KIKOMANDO‏ @Ernray 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        Okocha got it right...they have bigger problems than being on @FIFPro list .

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      1. aijuka andrew‏ @aijukaa 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        FIFA does not look at Africa as a market for the sport...Period!

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      2. O L A W A L E‏ @emcee007 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I do not totally agree with JayJay there.. Is poverty exclusive to Africans? How about South Americans brought up in slums?

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Olamide!!!‏ @Timoolz_ 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @emcee007 @BBCAfrica

        That doesn't make his point invalid tho, the fact that south Americans are poor does not stop Africans from being poor

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. O L A W A L E‏ @emcee007 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Timoolz_

        JayJay thinks African footballers aren't at the top echelon of world football because they play under pressure of poverty

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Tudor B. Munyampundu‏ @Tudor_BM 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        FIFA=Trump!! Simple!

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      1. Neal Collins‏Verified account @nealcol 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        We've got this striker called Thamsanqa Gabuza in @southafrica...pic.twitter.com/XCoPzR0L9q

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      1. Kunle Ayuba‏ @KunleAyuba 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        To be on the list is pure politic, what do you expect when likes of Maradona are are given the office.

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      1. D'von Murimi‏ @DvonErim 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @atanasi_ and

        Racism.. Without a shadow of doubt

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      1. TshepisoR‏ @Large_Skipper 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @nealcol and

        The World is undermining Africans its as simple as that

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      1. AlashiKaka‏ @ossylo 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        Can't believe it apart from Lewy Auba is the second best striker in the World yet he's not nominated😳😳

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      1. M.B. Ndahi  🇳🇬‏ @Mbndahi 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        It's not a new thing at all.. We are Africans!

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      1. Jose Alberto Muñoz Salas‏ @ZambaChita 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @FIFAcom and

        They may not be on those lists but we know what we know and they have shown the world what they can do

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      1. Doreen Nabwire‏ @nabwire_doreen 28 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @heidibh and

        SHOCKING

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