Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has overtaken Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure to become Africa’s highest paid sportsman.

According to The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project, Gyan will make $16 million annual profit from his salaries, wages and endorsements as well his private businesses. Gyan who moved from English Premier League side Sunderland in September 2013 to Al Ain in the UAE for a record loan fee now earns more than Manchester City and Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure who pockets around $3322,000 a week and an annual aggregate of $15.4 million.

Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor currently earns an aggregate of US$ $13.3 million, while three-time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o earns a little over $13million annually….


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A) Yaya Toure earns $21Million this year ($19,2million in salary + 2Millions in endorsement) and HE is considered the highest paid African footballer..... now if you know anything about Gyan's "other" businesses then so be it, but bring some facts to your claims....
here is mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes'_list_of_world's_highest-paid_athletes

MRbrownJAY: A) Yaya Toure earns $21Million this year ($19,2million in salary + 2Millions in endorsement) and HE is considered the highest paid African footballer..... now if you know anything about Gyan's "other" businesses then so be it, but bring some facts to your claims....
here is mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes'_list_of_world's_highest-paid_athletes

Wikipedia doesnt update per minute.

nairacobra:

Wikipedia doesnt update per minute.

bro, this link (from a credible source) says that Yaya Toure earns $21Milla, while you are telling us that Gyan who earns $16Milla is the highest paid African footballer. it is simple MATHEMATICS, 21 is bigger than 16, lol!

Basic salary! Gyan is now the highest. Yaya eans more than him due to bonuses and contractual clauses. we are talking about basic salary only. Goal and assist bonuses as well as appearances fess and all will make yaya collect far more

MRbrownJAY:

bro, this link (from a credible source) says that Yaya Toure earns $21Milla, while you are telling us that Gyan who earns $16Milla is the highest paid African footballer. it is simple MATHEMATICS, 21 is bigger than 16, lol!

nairacobra: Basic salary! Gyan is now the highest. Yaya eans more than him due to bonuses and contractual clauses. we are talking about basic salary only. Goal and assist bonuses as well as appearances fess and all will make yaya collect far more

BWAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!! open your eyes and read again what you wrote below in bold:

According to The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project, Gyan will make $16 million annual profit from his salaries, wages and endorsements as well his private businesses. Gyan who moved from English Premier League side Sunderland in September 2013 to Al Ain in the UAE for a record loan fee now earns more than Manchester City and Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure who pockets around $3322,000 a week and an annual aggregate of $15.4 million.

not only did you mention his football earnings, but also endorsement (aka Bonuses) and his private business.

ok....

nairacobra: http://www.afrikansoccer.com/2014/08/uae-based-gyan-becomes-africas-richest-footballer-beating-etoo-toure/

this is the sad part about our African brothers, some are so clueless that you feel sorry for them, and you have to educate them like you would do with a CHILD.

ok, so let me educate you: what you wrote here today is a fake blog BS news that has been going around for 2 long yrs........ it first emerged in may 2012, exact word for words what you wrote above. now i was trying to help you understand that if you had some common sense, you would double check your source, but NO, you decided that since you saw some stoopid blog write this fake news TODAY, it must be the truth .

i DARE you to show me the 2014 article on ESPN MONEY (as you claim) aka the source of this "supposed" news...... but, as i have to educate you, here is some of the blogs that started this false news back in 2012 (carefully check the date of posting):

http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/gyan-is-highest-paid-african-sportsman-espn-survey/
http://africanspotlight.com/2012/05/12/africas-highest-paid-sportsmen/

"the mind is a terrible thing to waste"

btw: Gyan is not even top 3.... keita, Toure and Adebayor would be well above him!