The Top 10 Highest paid African footballers.

Culled from Tsm Plug:

Africa has always produced some of the finest footballers of different generations, from Roger Mila to Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o to Michael Essien and Yaya Toure. These players have graced the European football with African flair and power and most of the
big clubs send their scouts in the African cup of Nations to find some gems who might light up european leagues and Champions League.

With the changing face of football around the world, more marketing more money which ultimately reward the players who are consistent and are playing on top of their games. Here is the list of top 10 highest earners from Africa in sport of football.

Top 10 Highest Earning African Footballers:

1. Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi) – €20M

2. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) – €15M

3. Didier Drogba (Galatasaray) – €12.9M

4. Seydou Keita (Dalian Aerbin) – €12M

5. Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham) – €10M

6. Frederic Kanoute (Beijing Guoan) – €6.2M

7. Kolo Toure (Liverpool) – €5.8M

8. Christopher Samba (Anzhi) – €5.5M

9. Michael Essien (Chelsea/Real Madrid) – €5.1M

10. Mikel John Obi (Chelsea) – €4.5 M

Samuel Eto’o Made that controversial move from Barcelona to Anzhi which was purely motivated because of the amount of money he was being payed, he is also the 2 highest earning player in the list of footballers in the world. While Didier Drogba who joined Galatasaray from Chinese club is one of the the other massively payed footballer from Africa. There are some surprising names as well with the likes of Seydo Keita who is playing in middle east after he joined a club from Barcelona and he is getting around 12 Millions euros

Yaya Toure who recently signed a contract extension with Manchester City is another player who is earning around 15 million euros. Drogba recently secured 5% share in Ivory Coast gold mine.