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• Cameroon
• Chelsea
• Ghana
• Inter
• Ivory Coast
• Mali
• Manchester City
• Nigeria
• Sevilla

Players

• Kolo Toure
• Didier Drogba
• Fred Kanouté
• Michael Essien
• Yaya Touré
• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Jon Obi Mikel
• Eto’o

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been named on top of the earnings list of Africa’s foreign legion in a Forbes article.

Earning an estimated $13.3million annually, Toure is ahead of other great African players such as Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. The Ivorian is joined on the list by his brother Kolo, who also plays for City.

Out of the eight players listed, only two do not play in England. Malian Frederic Kanoute plays his football in Spain while Cameroonian Eto’o plays at Inter.

It is also interesting to note that three of the six Premier League players are signed to big spending Manchester City while the other three are with Chelsea.

Four of the players are winners of the African Player of the Year award while the others have at one time or  another been nominated for the title. Nigeria’s John Mikel Obi has never been nominated, but won the young player award in 2005.

1) Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Ivory Coast) – $13.3m

2) Samuel Eto’o (Inter and Cameroon) – $12m

3) Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo and Manchester City) – $12m

4) Kolo Toure (Manchester City and Ivory Coast) – $10.3m

5) Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla and Mali) – $8.6m

6) Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Ivory Coast) – $8m

7) John Mikel Obi (Chelsea and Nigeria) – $5.8m

8) Michael Essien (Chelsea and Ghana) – $5.5m

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