Former Watford striker Odion Ighalo broke the transfer fee record for a Nigerian player following his move to Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for a fee of 23.3 million euros.<br /><br />The former record, which stood for eleven years, was previously held by ex-Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel after the Blues splashed out &euro;20m to secure his services from Lyn Oslo, with Manchester United also compensated.<br /><br />The third and fourth most expensive transfers involving Nigerian players were completed in the last seven months, with Premier League champs Leicester City signing Ahmed Musa and Wilfred Ndidi for &euro;19.5 million and &euro;17.6 million respectively. <br /><br />When ex-Super Eagles star, Yakubu Aiyegbeni joined Everton ten years ago, the Toffees paid Middlesbrough 16.5 million euros.<br /><br />The transfers of Obafemi Martins (Newcastle), Isaac Success (Watford), Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce), Brown Ideye (West Brom) and Austin Okocha (PSG) complete the top ten most expensive Nigerian transfers. <br /><br /><u><b>Nigerian Transfer Record (Top 20)</b></u><br /><br />1) Odion Ighalo - Watford to Changchun Yatai- &euro;23.3m<br />2) Obi Mikel - Lyn Oslo to Chelsea - &euro;20m<br />3) Ahmed Musa - CSKA to Leicester - &euro;19.5m<br />4) Wilfred Ndidi - Genk to Leicester - &euro;17.6m<br />5) Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Boro to Everton - &euro;16.5m<br />6) Obafemi Martins - Inter to Newcastle - &euro;16m<br />7) Isaac Success - Granada to Watford - &euro;15m<br />8) Emmanuel Emenike - Spartak to Fenerbahce - &euro;13m<br />9) Brown Ideye - Dynamo Kiev to WBA - &euro;12.63m<br />10) Austin Okocha - Fenerbahce to PSG - &euro;12.4<br />11) Taribo West - Auxerre to Inter - &euro;12m<br />12) Victor Moses - Wigan to Chelsea - &euro;11.5m<br />13) Anthony Ujah - Werder to Liaoning FC - &euro;11.5m<br />14) Obafemi Martins - Newcastle to Wolfsburg - &euro;10.5m<br />15) Sunday Oliseh - Ajax to Juventus - &euro;10m<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Utaka - Rennes to Portsmouth - &euro;10m<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peter Odemwingie- Lille to Lok Moscow - &euro;10m<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finidi George - Ajax to Real Betis - &euro;10m<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Emmanuel Emenike - Fenerbahce to Spartak - &euro;10m<br />&nbsp;20) Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Portsmouth to Boro - &euro;9.75m<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel