Following the close of the transfer window in the major leagues in Europe, <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>&rsquo;s transfer market expert gives an overview of the eight most expensive transfer deals involving players of Nigerian descent.<br /><br />Most of these players movements were loan deals or their previous employers allowed them to leave as free agents, meaning the players swapped teams without money changing hands.<br /><br />In a sporting sense, the most celebrated transfer was the capture of Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi by Leicester City, with the Premier League champions paying Racing Genk &euro;17.6 million.<br /><br />Two days after that announcement by the Foxes, Everton informed that they have struck a deal with Charlton Athletic for England U20 international Ademola Lookman for a fee of &euro;8.8 million. <br /><br />The first place in the ranking went to Odion Ighalo who joined Chinese club <span>Changchun Yatai, and his former club Watford received </span>&euro;23.3 million.<br /><u><b><br />The Eight Most Expensive Nigerian Transfers In January</b></u><br /><br />1) Odion Ighalo (Watford to <span>Changchun Yatai) - </span>&euro;23.3 million<br />2) Wilfred Ndidi (Racing Genk to Leicester City ) - &euro;17.6 million<br />3) Ademola Lookman (Charlton to Everton) - &euro;8.8 million<br />4) Victor Osimhen (Ultimate Strikers to Wolfsburg)-&nbsp; &euro;3.5 million<br />5) Bright Edomwonyi (Sturm Graz to Rizespor ) - &euro;1.2 million<br />6) Samuel Kalu (AS Trencin to Racing Genk) - &euro;1 million<br />7) John Owoeri ( BK Hacken to BD Rongda) - &euro;0.68 million<br />8) Nosa Igiebor (Maccabi Tel Aviv to Rizespor) - &euro;0.5 million<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : evertonfc.com<br />