{"id":111223,"date":"2023-08-01T14:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=111223"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:47:43","slug":"osimhen-salary-net-worth-al-hilal-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/osimhen-salary-net-worth-al-hilal-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Osimhen salary at Al-Hilal higher than Jim Iyke&#8217;s ENTIRE net worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen could be set for a significant salary increase after Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal tabled a mammoth offer to Napoli for the Nigerian forward.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Summer of Saudi has continued in full force as Al-Hilal made an eye-watering contract offer for the 24-year-old striker that would make him the highest-paid African player and by far the highest-paid Nigerian footballer of all time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the likes of Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino, Alan Saint-Maximin, Ruben Neves, Jordan Henderson, <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/koulibaly-advice-to-victor-osimhen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalidou Koulibaly<\/a> and Fabinho moved for hefty pay-packages, Osimhen was the latest player to draw their attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Hilal's contract offer to Osimhen was a deal worth \u00a352 million a year and a weekly salary of \u00a31 million a week. His yearly salary when converted to Naira would be worth over N50 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u20ac52m per year package for Osimhen by Al Hilal. <\/p>\n<p>In our local currency = Over N50,000,000,000 per year. <\/p>\n<p>This is football madness \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoojaMedia\/status\/1686029447143579648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They plan on having him join the club and become teammates with new signings Sergej Milinkovic Savic, Neves, Malcom and Koulibaly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transfer offer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made by Al Hilal to the Serie A champions was \u00a3120 million (\u20ac140 million), but the offer was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rebuffed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Gil Azzurri, who are desperate to keep the player for the 2023\/2024 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The striker scored 31 goals in 38 games last season and helped a brilliant Napoli side to win their first Scudetto in 33 years as well as becoming the top scorer in the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Osimhen also broke the record for the most goals scored by an African player in one season and he became the highest-scoring African player in Serie A history, surpassing George Weah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Proposed Victor Osimhen salary compared to other Nigerian celebrities<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For context, popular Nigerian actor Jim Iyke is one of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highest-paid actors<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Nollywood and his net worth is $30 million (just over <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a323 million). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his net worth is converted to Nigerian currency, it converts to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20a622.8 billion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osimhen's yearly salary would have been more than twice that number if he had accepted the offer from the Saudi club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Napoli are desperate to keep the Nigerian on their team this season and beyond and have<a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/napoli-propose-major-increase-victor-osimhen-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0already prepared a new contract offer for the player<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victor Osimhen is open to staying at the club and the club president <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurelio De Laurentiis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has said that the player will stay unless a crazy offer comes in for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Hilal's offer was obviously seen as not crazy enough to change his mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is obvious that the player's valuation is pretty steep for potential suitors as the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have looked elsewhere for an alternative option in that position. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This development plays into Napoli's hands and the rejection of the Al Hilal bid indicates that buying him may require a world record fee for a striker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen could be set for a significant salary increase after Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal tabled a mammoth offer to Napoli for the Nigerian forward. 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