Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi will earn €1.5m (N607m) per season at his new club Trabzonspor, Sports Extra has reliably scooped.
Mikel, 32, signed a two-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months joined the Turkish club this summer in a deal that will earn him over €150,000 a week.
The former Chelsea and Middlesbrough will be the highest-earning Nigerian player in Turkey based on basic salary.
“He got a good deal I must confess,” a source, who brokered the deal, disclosed to Sports Extra. Read more
