You saw the way the 3 names were arranged, that's exactly how they will announce the winner of this year award. Ademola is the most deserving player to receive the award. He was visible for his club and country for the year in review.
Don't you think the votes will be shared between Boniface and Lookman giving a winning chance to Brahim Diaz. This award is given by votes and when it comes to that, sentiments are always involved whether we like it or not.
Brahim Diaz can get the support of representative in the voting panel while we have Boniface and Lookman fighting for vote since they're from the same country.
Yeah Ademola Lookman would have been the most favoured if the award is to be done through normal appointment or announcement but since it will be conducted and determined through a vote I'm afraid that Ademola may not emerge the way we are presuming it because sentiment is always something that cannot be eradicated during the voting and they would always choose the player whom they cherish.
And another thing is our method of analysing players performance is always different from how they would see it, so we could be talking about Ademola Lookman being the most deserving player among the three and they gave the Award to another player, so since they would vote I think Brahim Diaz will be giving the Award because if for instance we have 11 voters and 5 voted for Brahim Diaz the remaining 6 can never go to either of the two Nigerian players because it will be shared among them so it becomes impossible to get the Award.