Victor Osimhen 1st: Where other Nigerian players rank among top 20 most expensive Super Lig stars

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen remains the most valuable player in the Turkish Süper Lig, but another Nigerian has made a huge jump up the market-value rankings, Afrik-Foot reports.

Transfermarkt’s latest update has placed the Galatasaray striker at €65 million, keeping him comfortably at the top of the league’s valuation table despite a €10 million decrease.

However, Osimhen is not the only Nigerian whose market value has attracted attention. Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu has enjoyed the biggest increase in the latest update, jumping from €10 million to €18 million after an €8 million rise.

Here is where the two Nigerians feature among the league’s most valuable players.

1. Victor Osimhen — €65m

Osimhen remains in a league of his own. The Galatasaray striker is valued at €65 million, which is €25 million more than the players immediately below him.

That is despite Transfermarkt reducing his valuation by €10 million in the latest update.

The Nigerian remains the only Süper Lig player above the €60 million mark and is still comfortably ahead of Galatasaray teammate Rafael Leão and Fenerbahçe forward Mason Greenwood, who are both valued at €40 million.

Osimhen’s position at the summit is also notable because the latest update covers 239 Süper Lig players following the summer transfer window.

His €65 million valuation therefore makes him not just the most valuable Nigerian in Turkey, but the most valuable player in the entire division.

Chibuike Nwaiwu — €18m

Nwaiwu is the big Nigerian story from the latest update. The Trabzonspor defender has seen his market value increase by €8 million, from €10 million to €18 million.

That is the biggest increase recorded in the latest Süper Lig market-value update.

The rise is particularly significant because Nwaiwu is only 22 and has become an increasingly important part of Trabzonspor’s defence.

His €18 million valuation now puts him among the most valuable players in the Turkish top flight and makes him one of the biggest Nigerian market-value risers in Europe.

Nwaiwu’s rise also means there is now a €47 million difference between the two highest-valued Nigerians in the league. That gap is very big, but the direction of Nwaiwu’s movement is what stands out. While Osimhen dropped by €10 million, Nwaiwu added €8 million.

The Rest Of The Top 20

Osimhen’s dominance becomes clearer when the full list is considered. Rafael Leão and Mason Greenwood occupy the next two positions at €40 million each, followed by Beşiktaş’s Dušan Vlahović at €32 million.

Galatasaray’s Barış Alper Yılmaz is fifth at €30 million, while Orkun Kökçü and Aleksey Batrakov are both valued at €28 million.

Matteo Guendouzi and Gabriel Sara follow at €27 million apiece, while Lesley Ugochukwu is valued at €22 million. That puts Nwaiwu’s €18 million valuation into perspective.

The Trabzonspor defender is still some distance behind the league’s biggest stars, but his €8 million increase has pushed him into the group of players attracting significant market attention.