Former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha has said he would have cost around €150m in today’s transfer market.
The legendary midfielder joined Paris Saint-Germain from Turkish giants Fenerbahce for a then African transfer record fee of £14m.
The 49-year-old move to PSG was finalised following his impressive performance for Nigeria at the France 1998 FIFA World Cup.
In an interview with Turkish outfit, hurriyet, Okocha explained why he believed he would have attracted such a high transfer fee.
“They paid £106m for their defensive midfielder Chelsea. To a player from Portugal. It would have cost around €150m. My assists, dribbles… World football started to pay a lot of money. Such would be the numbers of players of this quality.”
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