Time and time again, footballers have shown us playing football can be profitable. These are the most expensive African players.
1. Wesley Fofana
The 21 year old Ivorian, Fofana swapped Leicester City for Chelsea during the recent transfer window, after forcing his exit from Leicester. Fofana moved to Chelsea for a transfer fee of €80.4 million.
2. Nicholas Pepe
The 27 year old Ivorian, Pepe became one of Africa's expensive player when arsenal bought him for £72 million from LOSC Lille he signed a 5 year contract with the gunners.
3. Victor Osimhen
The 23 year old Nigerian, Osimhen was sols to Napoli from LOSC Lille, for €80 Million plus add ons. He's one of Africa's top striker, with him scoring 24 goals within his first 2 seasons at the club.
Gone are the days whereby African parents did not want their children playing football. Now, with the money involved, African parents are enrolling their kids in football camps hoping their kids would be picked by clubs.
Content created and supplied by: MawutoJineku (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS