A Nigerian youngster playing for Leicester City FC is the second most valuable player in Africa.
The CIES Football Observatory, in its every January traditional, has calculated the transfer values of players in the five major European leagues, and these are 5 most valuable African players in Europe.
Based on this assessment, Neymar tops the table with a market value of €213m. This is ahead of Lionel Messi (€202m) in second place and Harry Kane (€195m) in third. Some of the key criteria used are age, position, contract duration, performance and international status among others.
For Africa, these are 5 most players from the continent playing in Europe.
1. Mohammed Salah – Liverpool FC, Egypt (€ 140.5 million)
2. Wilfred Ndidi – Leceister City FC, Nigeria (€ 77.4 million)
3. Sadio Mane – Liverpool FC, Senegal (€ 66.3 million)
4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia l Dortmund, Gabon (€ 64.7 million)
5. Kalidou Koulibaly – Napoli, Senegal (€ 62 million)
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