It is a foregone conclusion that former Watford striker Odion Ighalo is the top earning Nigerian professional footballer, with guaranteed wages of more than &euro;12.1 million per season.<br /><br /><b>Allnigeriasoccer.com </b>can exclusively report Martins<span><span class=\"notranslate\"><span><span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;</span></span></span></span> reign as the best paid Nigerian player lasted less than one month after Ighalo joined Changchun Yatai F.C on a 4+1 year deal at the end of January. <br /><br />If agency commission is not included in the mix, the former Inter Milan and Newcastle frontman takes home &euro;8.4 million in the new deal he signed with Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the 2016 season.<br /><br />Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel will pocket approximately &euro;8.4 million gross in his first season with Tianjin Teda. <br /><br />The top four earning Nigerian players are all based in China, with <span>Liaoning Whowin striker Anthony Ujah fourth on the list with a pay packet of </span>&euro;5.6 million per season.<br /><br />In his first season in China, the ex-Cologne and Werder Bremen star pocketed &euro;4.7 million.<br /><br />Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa is Nigeria<span><span class=\"notranslate\"><span><span class=\"body1\">&rsquo;s highest earner in England, with 70,000 pounds per week wages, 14,000 pounds more than Manchester City talent Kelechi Iheanacho. </span></span></span></span><br /><br />At 1 million euros wages per season, Trabzonspor midfielder Eddy Onazi is collecting three times his wages at Lazio but he is not the best paid Nigerian player in Turkey, with out-of-favour Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike earning &euro;2.5 million.<br /><br /><u><b>Yearly Wages - Top Ten Highest Paid Nigerian Professional Footballers</b></u><br /><br />1) Odion Ighalo - <span>Changchun Yatai - </span>&euro;12.1 million<br />2) Obafemi Martins- Shanghai Shenhua - &euro;8.4 million<br />3) Obi Mikel - Tianjin Teda - &euro;8.4 million<br />4) Anthony Ujah - <span>Liaoning Whowin</span> - &euro;5.6 million<br />5) Ahmed Musa - Leicester City - &euro;4.2 million<br />6) Kelechi Iheanacho - Man City - &euro;3.4 million<br />7) Victor Moses - Chelsea - &euro;3.0 million<br />8) Emmanuel Emenike - Fenerbahce - &euro;2.5 million<br />9) Vincent Enyeama - Lille - &euro;1.8 million<br />10) Alex Iwobi - Arsenal - &euro;1.8 million<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <span></span><br /><br />Photo Credit : lcfc.com<br />