Chelsea-Owned Winger Moses Is Highest Paid Nigerian In Turkish Super Lig, Also Fenerbahce Top Earner

Published: September 09, 2019

Chelsea-owned winger Victor Moses is the highest paid footballer of Nigerian descent in the Turkish Super Lig.

Futbol Arena has compiled a list of the top ten players receiving the highest salaries in the Turkish top-flight with the former Nigeria international winger named in the top five.

Moses will earn 3.2 million euros in the 2019-2020 season (approximately N1.25 billion in Nigerian currency) and he comes joint fifth in the list, along with Galatasaray's Steven Nzonzi and Trabzonspor's Jose Sosa.

The highest paid African player in Turkey is Galatasaray's Algeria national-teamer Sofiane Feghouli who will pocket a guaranteed €3.8 million this season, €1.2m less than the top earner and teammate Radamel Falcao.

At €3.5m, Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera is third followed by Galatasaray's Morocco star Younes Belhanda with a salary of €3.3m.

Nabil Dirar, Domagoj Vida and Luiz Gustavo complete the top ten highest paid players in Turkey.

Azubuike Okechukwu, Obi Mikel, Eddy Onazi, Anthony Nwakaeme, Olarenwaju Kayode, Aminu Umar, Paul Mukairu and Anthony Uzodinma did not make the list.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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