Top 10 Highest Paid African Footballers 2016
5. John Obi Mikel
Club: Chelsea
Country: Nigeria
Weekly Wage: $100k
One of the best African players in the world. John Obi Mikel closes down on the Top 5 of the Top 10 Highest Paid African Footballers 2016 with a weekly wage of $100,000 while playing for Chelsea, The Nigerian has been at the club for more than 10 years now at the club a club he joined at the age of 18 in 2006 and has been one of the most important players in the team defensively.
It’s sad that John Obi Mikel has only scored 1 Premier League goal for Chelsea since joining them in 2006, he has not been a prolific midfielder but has done so much defensively for the London blues.