Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins is set to earn over N1.4b ($6.6 million) in his first year at Chinese Super League side, Shanghai Shenhua. Martins became the latest player to move to the Chinese Super League after swapping the Seattle Sounders for Shanghai Shenhua. Martins took to Twitter to confirm his transfer to Shenhua last week, ending his three-year association with the Sounders in MLS.
The 31-year-old, scored 40 goals and amassed 23 assists in 80 league and play-off appearances in MLS. Martin earned was the highest paid African footballer in the with an annual pay of $2.4m. According to a report released by the MLS Players Union, Martins earned more than Didier Drogba who is being paid $1,666,668 at Canadian side Montreal Impact.

Nigeria and Seattle Sounders forward, Obafemi Martins has set a new club record after scoring his fifth consecutive goal on Sunday night. The goal was not enough to secure a win for his side, however, the 32nd minute strike against Sporting Kansas City Martins in the history books with Fredy Montero, as the only players to have netted in five straight games. Obafemi Martins is the highest paid African Player in the money spinning American Major League Soccer league. Having scored against against Portland Timbers, Toronto, San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps and Sporting KC, the former Inter Milan hitman has been on a scoring spree since August 30. If he scores in their next game against LA Galaxy on Monday, the ex-Wolfsburg star man would have scored in six straight games and set a new in the MLS. He is also 4 goals shy of beating his single – season scoring record of 17 goals which he set in the 2014 campaign.