The List of Most Expensive African Transfers: Nigeria star Victor Osimhen beat Aubameyang, Salah to rank number one
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| Super Eagles of Nigeria sharpshooter Victor Osimhen. Photo: soccernet |
Nigeria pro striker Victor Osimhen has finally joined Italian Serie A club SSC Napoli on a five year deal for a reported fee of €80million from French Ligue 1 club LOSC Lille.
This makes the 21-year old the most expensive African signing in history and the Napoli President Aurelio de Laurentiis has said the club is 'very happy at Osimhen's arrival' after the player was officially unveiled on Friday.
According to B/R Football, "Victor Osimhen's reported fee makes him the most expensive African signing in history".
The reported fee below includes bonuses where applicable.
See the List of top ten most expensive African signings of all time ⬇
| MOST EXPENSIVE | AFRICAN | TRANSFERS | OF ALL TIME |
| Rank | Player (Country) | Move (Year) | Reported Fee ($) |
| 1. | Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) |
Lille to Napoli (2020) |
96m |
| 2. | Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast) |
Lille to Arsenal (2019) | 94m |
| 3. | Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo) | Villarreal to Beijing Guoan (2018) | 83m |
| 4. | Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) |
Leicester City to Man City (2018) | 76m |
| 5. | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) |
Dortmund to Arsenal (2018) |
71m |
| 6. | Naby Keita (Guinea) | RB Leipzig to Liverpool (2018) | 64m |
| 7. | Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) |
Real Madrid to Inter Milan (2020) | 53m |
| 8. | Mohamed Salah (Egypt) |
Roma to Liverpool (2017) |
44.5m |
| 9. | Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) |
Ajax to Chelsea (2020) | 43.5m |
| 10. | Sadio Mane (Senegal) |
Southampton to Liverpool (2016) |
42.5m |
Emmanuel Amuneke who led Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze and other youngsters to triumph at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile said, the former Lille striker "will be a great asset to Napoli".
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