Their fan attraction and ability on the ball forces clubs to pay them their worth. Here are the ten highest paid Nigerian footballers.
1. Odion Ighalo - Changchun Yatai - €12.1 million
Curently plays in China where he is one of the highest paid players and has rediscovered his scoring touch.
2. Obafemi Martins - Shanghai Shenhua - €8.4 million
For a long time Obafemi Martins was Nigeria's highest paid player until Ighalo moved to China in January 2017.
3. John Obi Mikel - Tianjin Teda - €8.4 million
Mikel Obi is one of Nigeria's best players and rightly one of the highest paid. He also plys his trade in China.
4. Anthony Ujah - Liaoning Whowin - €5.6 million
Ujah was a sensation in Germany where he scored goals for fun. Left fr China at the peak of his powers early last year.
5. Ahmed Musa - Leicester City - €4.2 million
He might not be getting minutes on the pitch for Leicester City but he is growing his bank account
6. Kelechi Iheanacho - Leicester City - €3.4 million
Still only 21-years-old, Iheanacho is already getting richer by the week at the Foxes
7. Victor Moses - Chelsea - €3.0 million
The Chelsea wing-back is just beginning to realise his potential and for good reason too
8. Emmanuel Emenike - Olympiakos - €2.5 million For long the Nigerian striker has been one of the highest paid footballers
9. Vincent Enyeama - Lille - €1.8 million He might be finding it hard to play games under Marcelo Bielsa this season but Enyeama is earning big bucks.
10. Alex Iwobi - Arsenal - €1.8 million
A contract extension last year sa Iwobi bridge the top ten list of highest paid Nigerian footballers.
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