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Balinya slams the Fufa Male Player of the Year Award system

Yanga SC attacking midfielder Juma Balinya has critically questioned the list containing nominees for the Fufa Male Player of the Year 2019 Awards after he was overlooked.

Balinya was the Ugandan Premier League (UPL) top scorer last season. He expressed his frustrations openly via his Facebook page.

"I wanted to keep quiet about this [absence in the list] but seriously it's not easy to do so. I played the whole of last season in Uganda up to May when the league ended," Balinya said.

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"So if I am not among the best players then which season or year are they [Fufa] considering because in the current season they have played not more than eight games.