Nigeria U23 Players Cost A Total Of 29.05 Million Euros; Chelsea Star Mikel Is Most Expensive

The 18 players that represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games cost €29.05 million in total , according to the experts at the authoritative German website transfermarkt.

As you would expect, the most expensive player in the Nigerian squad is Team Nigeria captain and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel, who is valued at €10.9 million, followed by Al Arabi striker Imoh Ezekiel, who will cost €4.5 million, and Osmanlıspor star Umar Aminu (€3.75 million).

The home-based lads goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel, Sincere Seth and Ndifreke Udo were valued at 50,000 euros each by allnigeriasoccer.com transfer market expert.

Etebo, who scored four times in Rio, will cost in the region of 2.5 million euros, Usman Mohammed is worth 300,000 euros and Turkish-based defender Saturday Erimuya is the least expensive foreign-based professional, with a value of 100,000 euros.

The average price per player in the Nigeria U23s squad is €1,613,888.89.

Market Value of Nigeria U23 Players

1) Obi Mikel - €10.9m
2) Imoh Ezekiel - €4.5m
3) Aminu Umar - €3.75m
*4) Oghenekaro Etebo - €2.5m
   Umar Sadiq - €2.5m
6) Azubuike Okechukwu - €1m
7) Kingsley Madu - €750,000
8) Junior Ajayi - €650,000
9) Stanley Amuzie - €500,000
    Abdullahi Shehu - € 500,000
11) William Troost-Ekong - €400,000
*12)  Usman Mohammed - €300,000
       Daniel Akpeyi -  €300,000
14) Saliu Popoola - €250,000
*15) Saturday Erimuya- €100,000
*16) Sincere Seth - €50,000
      Ndifreke Udo - €50,000
     Emmanuel Daniel - €50,000

* Figures by allnigeriasoccer.com transfermarket expert

Ifeanyi Emmanuel