Monday, 18 September 2017
Chelsea Right wing-back Victor Moses is currently the most valuable Nigerian player, with 18million euros, according to German website tranfermarket.com
The former Crystal Palace and Wigan Athletic man fetch 18 million euros in transfer fees and is more expensive than Leicester City striker Ahmed Musa who is rated
17 million euros.
Of the 10 most expensive Nigerian players, the top five - Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi - represents English clubs.
Odion Ighalo, Obi Mikel, and Brown Ideye were previously on the books of Watford, Chelsea, West Brom respectively.
While Henry Onyekuru has been loaned out of Everton to R.S.C Anderlecht for the whole of this season.
Eight of the top 10 most valuable Nigerian footballers play in offensive positions for the Super Eagles, and no defender made the list
Top 10 most valuable Nigerian Footballers:
1. Victor Moses (Chelsea)- €18m
2. Ahmed Musa (Leicester City)- €17m
3.Kelechi Iheeancho (Leicester City)- €15m
4.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)- €14m
5.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal)- €10m
6.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai)- €7m
7.Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht)- €6.9m
8.Obi Mikel (Tianjin Teda)- €6m
9.Brown Ideye (Tianjin Teda)- €5m
10.Moses Simon (Gent)- €4.5m
