Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is among the top one hundred most valuable players in the top five leagues in Europe.

According to new information from football statisticians CIES Football Observatory, the Nigeria international is worth 77.4 million euros, or in other words they recommended that teams interested in his services will have to cough up that amount in order to sign him.

No other Nigerian player was included on the list, however, Mohamed Salah (€140.5), Sadio Mane (€66.3), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€64.7m) are the Africans that featured.

The most valuable player in the world is Neymar (€213m) , who leads the way ahead of Lionel Messi (€202m).

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is the costliest player in the Premier League at €195m, followed by teammate Dele Alli (€171.3m) and Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne (€167.8m).

Ndidi ranked 51st on the list, he joined Leicester for a fee of 17.6 million euros in January 2017.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel