Arsenal’s £72m deal for Nicolas Pepe has made him the most expensive African of all time.

Arsenal finally announced Nicolas Pepe’s arrival on Thursday afternoon and it didn’t take Ahramonline long to work out just where this placed him in the ranks of the most expensive Africans to play the game – firmly at the top.
Here is the top ten:
Wilfried Bony, £28m ($34m) – Manchester City

Islam Slimani, £29.5m ($35.8m) – Leicester City

Eric Bailly, £30m (36.4m) – Manchester United

Sadio Mane, £35m ($42.5m) – Liverpool

Mohamed Salah, £36.9m ($45m) – Liverpool

Naby Keita, £52.75m ($64m) – Liverpool

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, £56m ($71m) – Arsenal

Riyad Mahrez, £60m ($76m) – Manchester City

Cedric Bakambu, £65.4m ($83m) – Beijing Guoan

Nicolas Pepe, £72m ($87m) – Arsenal
