New Leicester Signing Ndidi Sets Nigerian Transfer Record In Belgium, Top Ten Players Revealed

Leicester City new recruit Wilfred Ndidi is the biggest transfer involving a Nigerian player in the Belgian top-flight, allnigeriasoccer.com can reveal.

The Nath Boys product has penned a five-and-a-half year contract with The Foxes, with Racing Genk set to pocket a minimum of €17.6 million transfer fee, and that figure beat the previous mark when Imoh Ezekiel joined Al Arabi, Qatar for €8 million from Standard Liege in 2014.

Joseph Akpala ranks third and fourth on the list of most expensive transfers. Club Brugge paid €3 million to bring him from Charleroi in 2008, before he moved to Werder Bremen four years later for €1.5 million.

Former Golden Eaglets sensation Tosin Dosunmu held the Nigerian transfer record for four seasons before Akpala broke it. Austria Vienna paid €1.35 million to snap him up from Westerlo.

Manasseh Ishiaku, Joseph Enakarhire, Peter Odemwingie and Chuka Ogbu complete the list of ten most valuable transfers involving Nigeria players representing Belgian teams.

Top Ten Most Expensive Nigerian Transfers In Belgium

1) Wilfred Ndidi - Racing Genk to Leicester - €17.6m
2)  Imoh Ezekiel - Standard Liege to Al-Arabi - €8m
3)  Joseph Akpala - Charleroi to Club Brugge - €3m
4)  Joseph Akpala - Club Brugge to Werder - €1.5
5) Tosin Dosunmu - Westerlo to Austria Vienna - €1.35m
6)  Manasseh Ishiaku - Club Brugge to MSV Duisburg - €1m
7)  Joseph Enakarhire - Standard Liege to Sporting Lisbon - €0.75m
8)  Manasseh Ishiaku - La Louvière to Club Brugge - €0.7m
9)  Peter Odemwingie - La Louvière to Lille - €0.65m
10) Derick Ogbu - OHL to CFR Cluj - €0.5m

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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