From Victor Osimhen’s record-breaking move to Napoli to Obafemi Martins’ Premier League switch, Nigerian players have commanded some of football’s biggest transfer fees.
In this video, we count down the 10 most expensive transfers ever by Nigerian players—and reveal the stories, stats, and drama behind each deal.
Find out how stars like Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, and Odion Ighalo turned multi-million Euro moves into unforgettable careers.
Who do you think will smash the next transfer record? Drop your thoughts in the comments!
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Lmao..Osimhen’s transfer or deal is one of the dumbest in history.. the fool choosed money over greatness, pedigree etc…thats because he and his gullible poverty striken followers who have never touched wealth before thinks that the world revolves “only” around money like one useless fool that calls himself dr (demented rodent) drey lmao….
The fool osimhen could have choosed both greatness, and money together for instant look at haaland, mbappe etc interms of money, greatness, pedigree as strikers osimhen will forever be behind… Lmao
* First African footballer to EVER win the Top Scorer Award in the Serie A
* ALL TIME top-scoring African player in Italy, surpassing George Weah’s record in the Italian top flight.
*First and ONLY Napoli player to ever emerge as top scorer in the title-winning season
*Serie A Best Under-23: 2021–22
*Serie A Best Striker: 2022–23
* Serie A Top Scorer 2022–23
*Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2023
*Serie A Team of the Year: 2022–23
* ALL TIME top-scoring foreign player in the Super Lig in his debut Season
* Super Lig MVP
*Super Lig top scorer: 2024–25
*Super Lig Goal of the Season: 2024–25
*Super Lig Best Striker: 2024-25
*Super Lig Team of the Season: 2024-25
*Globe Soccer Awards Emerging Player of the Year: 2022
*Ghana Football Awards Best African International: 2023
*Lille Player of the Season: 2019–20
*Prix Marc-Vivien Foé (Best African Player in the French League): 2020
*African U-17 Championship Golden Boot: 2015
*FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Boot: 2015
*FIFA U-17 World Cup Silver Ball: 2015
*CAF Youth Player of the Year: 2015
*Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers top scorer: 2021, 2023
*CAF Team of the Year: 2023,2024
* African Footballer of the Year 2023
* Only Nigerian footballer to have ever emerged as top scorer and MVP in 2 different European Leagues
* Proud awardee of 2 national awards, MON and MFR
* Current 2nd ALL TIME top scorer for Nigeria
One illiterate street dog who has never won anything all his life says a player who already has all these (AND STILL COUNTING) at the age of 26 isn’t great and doesn’t have pedigree…….LMAOOoo
Illiteracy is indeed a disease.
Later dem go say school na scam…….LMAOOoooo.
The streetdog who has touched so much poverty, penury and misery he can’t even recognise greatness and pedigree has been biting trees for over a year now, desperately looking for people to believe the lies he’s been spinning against Osimhen, now while Osimhen has earned in excess of N20bn within the same period……..LMAOOooo.
I am very sure there are many players without pedigree and greatness currently earning $400k after tax every week in European football……..LMAOooo
Some types of stupidity defy logic.
May you never heal from all the pain and humiliation Osimhen is causing and will continue to cause you to suffer………LMAOooo. From when you went ranting that Osimhen must be sanctioned and banned from the Super Eagles (as if you can do more than a dead rat) till now, I can see disgrace written all over you for the dozens of times your mouth has been rubbed in the dust……….LMAOooo.
“I will make sure Osimhen never knows peace”……..LMAOOooooo……..Osimhen keeps slapping the street dog left, right, and centre like it’s going out of fashion…..LMAOooo.
Who knows no peace now…..??? LMAOOooo
A player who is on track to wipe out the scoring records of a George Weah and a Rashidi Yekini at the age of 26 isn’t already great and without pedigree……..once again “School no be scam”…….LMAOOoo
It is only fools like you that can compare Keke marua to Lamborghini.. lmao
Now check out real and true greatest not some tolotolo, Sao Tome or Napoli one season wonder greatest lmao
Kylian mbappe;
FIFA World Cup Winner: 2018 with France
UEFA Nations League Winner: 2021 with France
Ligue 1 Champion: 7 times (6 with Paris Saint-Germain, 1 with AS Monaco)
Coupe de France Winner: 4 times (with Paris Saint-Germain)
Coupe de la Ligue Winner: 2 times (with Paris Saint-Germain)
European Under-19 Champion: 2016 with France U19
UEFA Super Cup Winner: 2024/25 with Real Madrid
FIFA Intercontinental Cup Winner: 2024/25 with Real Madrid
Golden Boy Award: 2017
Kopa Trophy: 2018
FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 2018
French Player of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2022
Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 5 times (record)
Ligue 1 Top Scorer: 6 seasons (record)
European Golden Shoe Winner: 2024/25 with Real Madrid
First player to score eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve World Cup goals before their 24th birthday
Second teenager to score twice in a World Cup game and second teenager to score in a World Cup final
Second player to score a World Cup final hat-trick
Second player to score in consecutive World Cup final matches
Top scorer in World Cup final matches (4 goals)
First player to finish as both Ligue 1 top scorer and top assist provider in the same season (2021-22)
Member of the Time’s 100 most influential people in the world (2023)
Ranked third on the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid athletes (2023)
Became the all-time top goalscorer for Paris Saint-Germain
Osihmen Mosimen. Osihmen zigizaga. Osihmen Mosimen. Osihmen zigizaga. You are far better than other Super Eagles strikers.
Bless you.
Thank you.
This is true. Lolz
Hahahahhaha……..Compound fool…..so moving to the EPL would have made Osimhen achieve all these…….LMAOooo.
“…he chose money over greatness, pedigree….” LMAOoooo. Osimhen would have become the greatest of all time and acquired more than all of those, if he hadn’t chosen money but agreed to go collect peanuts at Chelsea or Manchester United…….LMAOooooo
You see how much of an imbecile you are…..??? LMAOoooo
I am sure the likes of Yekini, Okocha too, or the likes of George Weah and Etoo are not great or lack pedigree because they are not as decorated as Mbappe………LMAoooo. You should have just said real and true greatness can be found only in Europe
If Osimhen didn’t have any pedigree when on earth where you then facnying him to move to the EPL in the first place……….LMAOOooooo. The last time I checked, top EPL clubs dont get linked with players without pedigree in the first place…..talk more of entering negotiations with them.
Once again, facts have slapped 5 teeth out of the street dog’s foul-smelling mouth, the imbecile has quickly gone to download all of Mbappe’s profile because he wants to prove an invalid point…..LMAOOoooooo……as if anyone ever said Osimhen is the greatest of all time……LMAOoooo
You should also have gone to import C.Ronalo and Messi’s Profile too to prove Osimhen isn’t great and lacks pedigree……..LMAoooo
You would tell us if Mbappe would have achieved half of those if he were playing for Cameroon……LMAOoo
Common sense is indeed not common……LAMoooo
School indeed isn’t a scam after all……LMAOoooo
Once again, may you never heal from all the pain and humiliation Osimhen is causing and will continue to cause you to suffer………LMAOooo.
“I will make sure Osimhen never knows peace”……..LMAOOooooo
Dr. Drey, I honestly admire the silent punishment this @Monkey Post guy has been receiving from the house over his Osimhen obsession. That cold shoulder is more effective than any stat you can pull up. Truth is, I’m shocked you’re still giving him this kind of oxygen. That’s exactly what he craves—attention to stay relevant here. Personally, I’ve long decided not to indulge him, because no matter how detailed your analysis is, no matter how convincing your evidence, he’ll never shift ground. You can quote Opta stats, FIFA records, even carve Osimhen’s achievements on a stone tablet—he’ll still shake his head like a stubborn goat.
See, this is someone who has clearly taken an oath at a village shrine, swearing that Victor Osimhen must remain his eternal enemy. He’s like a man who’s closed all his windows, locked all his doors, and then complains about fresh air. Even if Osimhen scores 20 goals in one match, heals malaria, and turns water into Fanta, @Monkey Post would still say he’s “overrated.” That’s the danger of arguing with someone who has deliberately chosen not to be convinced—it’s like pouring water into a basket and expecting it to stay full.
So, in the end, let’s just leave @Monkey Post to his oath-bound bitterness. If hating Osimhen gives him joy, then let him be. After all, every village square has that one man who bangs the drum out of tune just to be noticed. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the drummers are too busy dancing to the right rhythm to pay him any serious mind.
Hahahaha Papafem,
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
It takes me nothing to ignore that lout, just as I do a lot of times…..however, it also takes me nothing to slap his face with facts anytime he thinks he has succeeded in pushing a narrative with his big fat lies………LMAOoooo.
I am happy you too, have observed how desperately he has been trying to win people over to himself and force his false narratives, all to no avail……LMAOooo. But nothing makes me happier than seeing him walk away tail between his legs or resort to vulgar tirades once he has run out of lies to tell and has no factual basis to put out there anymore…….LMAOooo
The fool claims Osimhen chose money over greatness and pedigree as if Osimhen is a 19-year-old trialist transferring from Lokeren in Belgium or VV Venlo in Holland………LMAOoooo. In his empty skull, Osimhen isn’t great and lacks pedigree………LMAOooo. His brain must have been in a coma when Osimhen rejected a way bigger deal and a chance to play in the CWC from Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia
It was only fitting to slap common sense back into his destiny and remind him that at 26 (the same age bracket as the shameless street dog), Osimhen has eclipsed even some of the greatest African has ever produced……..LMAOooo. It now remained for him to argue that a player who has surpassed George Weah and is about to surpass Rashidi Yekini isn’t great and lacks pedigree already…….which he couldnt…….LMAOOoo. To save face, he ran to import Mbappe’s accolades as if anyone ever claimed Osimhen is the greatest of all time. That’s why I asked him to also go and import Messi and Ronaldo’s accolades in order to prove that no african player was ever great.
But like you rightly said, after all, every village square has that one man who bangs the drum out of tune just to be noticed. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the drummers are too busy dancing to the right rhythm to pay him any serious mind.
He claims he will never let Osimhen have peace, but Osimhen is too busy being happy, banging in goals, living his best life and dominating headlines everywhere while he’s on CSN receiving slaps on a daily basis.
I saw videos of Victor in Turkish adverts some months ago, now recently I heard he’s being featured in movies too. That’s the Osimhen that will not know peace o………LMAOOooo.