1. SADIO MANE
Sadio Mane features on the opposite flank to Salah in Jurgen Klopp’s record-breaking Liverpool team, the Senegalese speedster one of the Premier League’s best attacking talents at present.
Sadio Mane is a Senegalese and Liverpool sensation and serial winger. He is one of the best soccer players for his outright performance at both club and country level.
After a series of club transfers, Sadio Mane now plays for English Premier League title holder and UEFA Champion, Liverpool FC. He earns £150,000 weekly salary at the club.
The former Southampton star has now scored 20+ goals in each of the past three seasons for the Reds and continues to shine as the quintessential modern forward, winning the 2018/19 Premier League Golden Boot alongside teammate Salah and Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Last season saw the 28-year-old take on talismanic status as he scored a succession of defining goals during Liverpool’s title charge, his performances recognised with the African Footballer of the Year award and PFA Fans’ Player of the Year award.
2. MOHAMED SALAH
Mohammed Salah plays as a winger for both the Egyptian national team and the English Liverpool FC. He is currently earning a mouth-watering £200,000 weekly salary at Liverpool FC.
Mohammed Salah plays alongside African sensation Sadio Mane. Both were instrumental to the club’s UEFA Champions League win and league title. He also has numerous individual awards including the African best footballers in 2018.
One part of a fabled front three at Liverpool that has fired the club to Champions League and Premier League success over the past two seasons, Mohamed Salah stands as Egypt’s most successful footballing export.
The winger has scored prolifically since signing for Liverpool from Roma three years ago, bouncing back from an underwhelming Premier League spell at Chelsea to establish himself amongst the most feared forwards in world football.
Salah combines relentless running power with a clinical finishing ability, winning back-to-back Golden Boots during his first two seasons with the Reds, the first of which saw him score a record 32 goals for a 38-game Premier League season to be named as the PFA Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.
3. RIYAD MAHREZ
Professionalism runs in most African soccer players’ blood and Riyad Mahrez is not an exception. Riyad Mahrez is one of the best players in the world currently playing for Manchester City in England.
Mahrez rose to the level of a world-class player when he drove Leicester City to her first-ever EPL title in 2015. Riyad Mahrez currently earns £120,000 weekly, making him one of the top paid African players.
Mahrez won one premier league title with Leicester and two with Manchester City. He was part of the team that won the last African Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Mahrez is also one of the African players to bag the PFA player award. Mahrez holds shirt numbers 26 and 7 for Manchester City and Algerian national squad respectively.
4. PIERRE EMERICK AUBAMEYANG
The player currently playing in the Premier League to make this African dream XI, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored with unrivalled regularity since making the move to English football two-and-a-half years ago.
The Gabon international signed for Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018 and has scored prolifically since his arrival, with no Premier League player having scored more goals in all competitions in that time.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a Gabonese international who currently plays for English side Arsenal FC. He earns a whopping salary of £200,000 per week.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is considered one of the best strikers in soccer for his impressive abilities in getting the ball into the back of the net.
5. NICOLAS PEPE
Nicolas Pepe is a top striker for both the Ivory Coast national team and premier league club Arsenal FC. He is a superb player with awards to show for it.
In Lille, Pepe was part of the UNFP Ligue 1 team of the year prior to his £72 million transfer to Arsenal in 2019. Though Nicolas Pepe now plays for Arsenal FC where he bags £140,000 as wages every week, he has previously played for the likes of Poitiers, Angers, Orleans, and Lille.
6. VICTOR OSIMHEN
LOSC Lille turned to Nigeria’s Osimhen after selling Nicolas Pepe to Arsenal for £72 million in the summer, but even they couldn’t have imagined the Nigerian’s impact.
He made the step up from Belgian football seamlessly, and currently has 13 league goals, spread consistently throughout the campaign.
Osimhen also netted twice for Lille in the Champions League, and has established himself as the Super Eagles’ leading striker following the retirement of Odion Ighalo. Best African Football Players
Victor James Osimhen signed for Serie A club Napoli and the Nigeria national team. Known for his composure and finishing, he is widely regarded as one of the most promising and most in-demand African footballers
To add to the pressure of being a big-money signing, Osimhen is also the highest-paid player at Napoli with a salary of €4m to €4.5m which approximately gets him €93, 750 per week.
All these, however, do not matter to Osimhen who said he is not interested in the money. “Being here means that I have taken a big leap
7. NABY KEITA
Naby Keita is dynamic all-round midfielder,he won four major trophies during his first two seasons with Liverpool.
Having helped the Reds to Champions League glory in his debut campaign on Merseyside, the former RB Leipzig star ended 2019-20 with Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup winner’s medals.
The Guinea international wears the No.8 shirt for Liverpool and routinely showcases his vast and eye-catching skill-set from the centre of the park.
Naby Keita of Guinea and Liverpool FC is one of the highest paid African soccer players. He has been earning £120,000 weekly since he transferred to Liverpool from RB Leipzig in 2018.
Naby Keita is an exceptional player both at national and club level. As a result, he was named the Footballer of Year in Guinea in 2015, Australian Footballer of the Year in 2016, Bundesliga Team of the Year 2017, UEFA Europe Team of the Season 2018, and CAF Team of the Year 2018.
8. HAKIM ZIYECH
One of Africa’s favorite soccer players, Hakim Ziyech, is number nine on our list of top 10 highest paid soccer players in 2020. Hakim Ziyech is a Moroccan international and Chelsea FC player.
He currently plays for Ajax but has signed a five-year contract with Chelsea FC. This contract will see him bag £100,000 weekly in his new club.
Although Hakim Ziyech still plays for Ajax, he is included in our list because the five-year contract with Chelsea has commenced on 1 July 2020.
9. WILFRIED ZAHA
When mentioning the top highest African soccer players, we can never omit Wilfried Zaha of Ivory Coast. Zaha earns £130,000 every week since signing a new deal with Crystal Palace in 2018.
The signing made him the highest-paid player in Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha graduated from crystal palace’s academy.
Following some impressive campaigns with crystal palace, he transferred to Manchester United. After two seasons with Manchester United, Zaha moved back to Crystal Palace because he could not secure a regular spot in United’s starting XI. Wilfried Zaha currently wears Crystal Palace’s number 7 shirt.
10. WILFRED NDIDI
Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team as a defensive midfielder. He is known for his defensive prowess and long range strikes.
Ndidi has arguably been the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League this season, having improved massively over the last two years.
As well as leading the season’s league charts for the most tackles and recoveries, he has also been responsible for turning Leicester into the PL’s best defensive outfit.
His net worth is claimed to be staked at ₦13.7 billion (€30.3 million). His current market value is priced at 36 million Euros, and he is ranked worldwide as the 48th Midfielder around the world and because of his market value, he is ranked as number one amongst all footballers in Nigeria.
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