Highest Paid Footballers in Europe: Osimhen ranks 16th
Super Eagles and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen is the 16th highest paid footballer in Europe. The former Lille striker who has been impressive since joining Napoli in 2020 earns a monthly salary of €1.50m (£1.29m) thus making him 16th on the ladder according to L’Equipe.
Bayern and Germany veterans Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller are the joint 14th best-paid players in Europe, with both stars earning €1.66m (£1.42m) each month.
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while PSG and France star Ousmane Dembele is 19th with a wage of €1.12m (£961,000) per-month.
High flier Victor Osimhen is 16th highest paid in Europe.
The money bags list covered 25 players with PSG talisman Kylian Mbappe topping the list with a whopping monthly take home of £5.15 million.
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Osimhen recently back from the 34th AFCON in Cote d Ivoire where he contributed in no small measure to Super Eagles second best finish has since resumed his impressive form for Napoli.
The former Wolfsburg forward and reigning African Footballer of the year has made over 100 appearances for Napoli with 61 goals to his credit.
The 10 highest paid players in Europe
10. Vinícius Jn. – £1.43 million
9. Rafael Varane – £1.48 million
= 7. casemiro – £1.52 million
7. Mohamed Salah – £1.52 million
6. Robert Lewandowski – £1.60 million
5. David Alaba – £1.61 million
4. Erling Haaland – £1.63 million
3. Kevin De Bruyne – £1.73 million
2. Harry Kane – £1.80 million
1. Kylian Mbappé – £5.15 million