Top payed African football Player

He might not be the most famous African soccer star but stats show that he’s raking in the biggest bucks.

The Ghanaian Black-Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has surpassed Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure to become Africa’s highest paid
sportsman as indicated by ESPN
Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project.

Gyan who moved from EPL’s Sunderland to UAE’s Al Ain in 2013 on loan – will make a whopping $16 million annually as
profits from salaries endorsements, and private businesses.

Manchester City and Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure comes in second place with a total earning of $322,000 a week and an expected aggregate of $15. 4 million per
annum.

*Togo and Tottenham Hotspur star
Emmanuel Adebayor, comes in third place with an aggregate earning of $13.3 million
per annum.

*While three-time African Footballer of the Year superstar Samuel Eto’o earns
approximately $13.337 million per annum.

Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi didn’t make the list – but his modest £75,000 per week salary, fetches him an estimated £4,160,000 pay annually at Chelsea FC.