Top 5 Most Expensive Nigeria Players In Super Eagles Squad

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have a talent stacked squad comprising players who are also among the most expensive players in the various teams they play in abroad.

The most expensive current Super Eagles players are listed below, in order of the price they were signed for by their various teams:

1. Victor Osimhen: Victor James Osimhen is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli. After emerging as the highest goal scorer at the U-17 World Cup in 2017, Osimhen got loads of offers from Europe’s big guns. He chose to move to Wolfsburg in Germany, a deal which was not successful for the striker as he saw no playing time at all. A move to Lille in 2019 rejuvenated his career and saw him become a hitman scoring 18 goals in all competitions in France. On 31 July 2020, Napoli announced the signing of Victor Osimhen for a club-record fee of €70m potentially rising to €80m with add-ons, making him the most expensive African transfer to date.

2. Alex Iwobi: Alexander Chuka Iwobi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Everton in the Premier League. He started his career at Arsenal, where he made 149 appearances and scored 15 goals, while also winning the FA Cup in 2017. In 2019, Everton paid £35m for him to join them from becoming among the most expensive Nigeria players at that time featuring for the Super Eagles.

3. Kelechi Iheanacho: Nigeria and Leicester City’s in form man, Kelechi Iheanacho plays as a forward in the Premier League. Before being traded to Leicester City, Manchester City signed the striker after an impressive U-17 winning tournament for Nigeria in 2013 and he scored 12 goals in 46 games for the Cityzens. He signed for Leicester City for £27m in 2018.

4. Odion Ighalo: Odion Jude Ighalo is a Nigerian striker who plays in Saudi Arabia for Al Hilal. After his career at Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger, Ighalo moved to Norwegian club Lyn in 2007. He made his breakthrough into the Premier League for Watford in 2015 scoring 14 league goals. He then played for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League before returning to England to play for Premier League giants Manchester United. He was signed for £20m by the Chinese Club from Watford FC.

5. Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian Super Eagles player who plays as a left winger for Turkish Super Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. After scoring twice against Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Musa became the first Nigerian to score more than once in a FIFA World Cup match. On 8 July 2016, Musa moved to Leicester City for a club record fee of £16.6m and was arguably among the most expensive Nigeria cum Super Eagles players at that time.

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