The transfer window in Europe ended last night with Nigerian players on the long list of players that moved from one club to the other.
But unlike their counterparts from other countries that landed it big, the boys Sunday Oliseh would be banking on to excel in his new Eagles job went for peanuts to their new clubs. Anthony Ujah who was called up for the game against Tanzania topped the money chat with 4.5m euro fee as he moves from FC Cologne to Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga.
Ike Uche who has since bidded bye to the Eagles, interestingly emerged the player that attracted the second highest fee as his new Mexican club, Tigress coughed out 3.5 million euro for his services. Joel Obi also invited for the game against Tanzania was the third on the money log as he moved from Inter to Torino for a paltry fee of 2.4 million euro. Junior international, Taiwo Awoniyi was snatched by Liverpool for a little over one million euro.
All the other “stars” including Victor Moses (Chelsea), Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea), Juwon Oshaniwon (Ashdod) and Brown Ideye either went on loan or a fee that is out rightly too ridiculous to disclose. While Nigerian players got peanuts, Premier League clubs set a new record for gross transfer spending, with Chelsea, Man United, Man City and others lavishing over £862m on players. Courtesy of Goal.com, we serve you below the list of Nigerian players that moved this summer and the fees they attracted.
Joel Obi | From Internazionale, Italy | To Torino | €2.4 million – N518.8m
Sunday Mba | From CA Bastia, France | To Matalyaspor, Turkey | Free
Sammy Ameobi | From Newcastle United, England | Cardiff City, Wales | Loan
Musa Muhammed | From FC Heart Academy, Nigeria | Basaksehir, Turkey | €300,000 – N64.8m
Ikechukwu Uche | From Villarreal, Spain | To Tigres, Mexico | €3.5 million – N756.6m
Leon Balogun | From Darmstadt 98, Germany | To Mainz, Germany | Free
Bernard Bulbwa | From Shuttle Academy, Nigeria | To Esperance, Tunisia | €220,000 – N47.6m
Emmanuel Emenike | From Fenerbahce, Turkey | To Al Ain, UAE | Loan
Lukman Haruna | From Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine | To Anzhi Makhachkala, Russia | Loan
Anthony Ujah | From FC Cologne, Germany | To Werder Bremen, Germany | €4.5 million – N972.8m
Kenneth Omeruo | From Chelsea, England | To Kasimpasa, Turkey | Loan
William Troost-Ekong | From Groningen, Holland | To Gent, Belgium (on loan to Haugesund, Norway) | Free
Victor Moses | From Chelsea, England | To West Ham, England | Loan
Taiwo Awoniyi | From Imperial Academy, NIgeria | To Liverpool, England (on loan to FSV Frankfurt, Germany) | €1.10m – N247.8m
Brown Ideye | From West Bromwich Albion, England | To Olympicos, Greece | Undisclosed
Juwon Oshaniwa | From Ashdod, Israel | To Hearts, Scotland | Undisclosed For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 2-09-2015 07:12 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
PoliticxGuru at 2-09-2015 07:22 AM (9 years ago) (m)
I wish them luck
Posted: at 2-09-2015 07:22 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Wen u bribe ur way thru corrupt NFF to greedy agents then dats wat u get. Real stars of dis country don't have opportunity to be sponsored. In abraod they look for eall talents and make them stars but here in my corrupt nigeria, money for hand back for ground. Too bad
Posted: at 2-09-2015 08:31 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero