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Nigeria’s biggest transfer deal of all time, Osimhen, Mikel and others.

Victor Osimhen – Lille to Napoli (2020)

The galactic rise of the productive forward over the most recent two years has been colossal. Having joined LOSC Lille following a fruitful spell at Belgian side Charleroi, the 21-year-old proceeded with his fine form on his arrival to one of Europe’s best five clubs.

Osimhen was the French side’s top scorer with 13 Ligue 1 strikes in 27 games (18 of every 38 in all rivalries) before the top flight was ended.

Having had injuries threaten to crash his profession in his time at Wolfsburg, the forward could never have visualized a circumstance where he’d be crushing the Nigerian exchange record with a transition to Napoli for an underlying charge of €50 million.

Mikel John Obi to Chelsea (2006)

As extended exchanges go, Mikel’s transition to Chelsea was out of this world. The midfielder had initially finished a transition to Manchester United in 2005 and was imagined in the club’s strip before reneging on the choice to join the Red Devils.

Following a year-long adventure, which saw United report the Blues to FIFA, the West London club in the long run paid the Manchester goliaths and Lyn Oslo £12 million and £4 million separately in 2006.

Mikel had a long, fruitful profession at Stamford Bridge, winning the Premier League just as both residential cups. He was likewise associated with the club’s unbelievable Champions League win in 2012 where he gave a man of the match execution in the accomplishment over Bayern Munich in the last.

Obafemi Martins – Inter Milan to Newcastle United (2006)

After Martins’ effective spell at Inter, Newcastle rampage spent on the dynamic frontman in 2006 after the retirement of the unbelievable Alan Shearer.

The tremendousness of the exchange was uncovered when the Magpies named the Nigerian striker the club’s number nine, a crew number Shearer wore till he quit playing.

While Martins delighted in a respectable presentation battle in the Premier League, scoring 11 objectives in 33 class games, it appeared to go downhill from that point as he neglected to fill the boots of the club’s record scorer.

Jay-Jay Okocha – Fenerbahce to Paris-Saint Germain (1998)

Okocha was so acceptable at the 1998 World Cup that the French side left behind £14 million to sign him from the Turkish monsters.

Having flourished at the worldwide show-stopper with the Super Eagles, especially against Spain and Bulgaria, the playmaker was named among the six stores of the All-Star Team of the Tournament, notwithstanding playing just three of the African monsters’ four matches.

His showings at the opposition made PSG part with a then-record move charge for an African, a striking total before the turn of the thousand years.

Okocha appreciated a four-year stretch with the Parisians where he and a youthful Ronaldinho shaped a decent relationship.

Nwankwo Kanu – Inter Milan to Arsenal (1999)

After Kanu’s immense move to Inter in 1996 after residential and mainland accomplishment with Ajax, the forward couldn’t duplicate his fine structure in Italy to a great extent because of a heart imperfection which precluded him for longer than a year directly subsequent to marking.

Upon his arrival aside, he was unable to solidify a spot in the group and left for Arsenal in 1999. In North London, the forward delighted in a celebrated vocation, winning the twofold in 2001/02 and was a piece of the group that went unbeaten in 03/04.

Despite the fact that he wasn’t generally a standard in the side, Kanu’s time at Arsenal is affectionately recollected by Gooners.