Percy Tau Tops List of Highest Paid African Based Footballers With US$100,000 Monthly Salary

South African professional footballer Percy Tau and Tunisia international Ali Maâloul who are both playing for Al Ahly in Egypt have reportedly emerged as the highest paid players in Africa.

Football everywhere in the world has turned to real business as the money involved in the round leather game is huge most especially for the players who are the major characters.

The dreams of many African players who are plying their trades on the continent is for them to one day move to Europe where their is fortune.

For example, the Premier League is rated as one of the best in the world in which many players who are playing in England are living large with expensive cars, mansions and properties.

According to the stats spotted on social media, Percy Tau and Ali Maaloul are both not thinking about leaving Africa as they are well being paid in Egypt.

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Interestingly, Al Ahly is one of the richest and strongest football teams in Africa.

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Meanwhile, Percy Tau began his footballing career with Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns where he made 100 appearances either side of a loan to Witbank Spurs.

Ali Maâloul on the other hand started his career with hometown club CS Sfaxien and became their captain from the 2014–15 season.

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Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Eagles star Zaidu Sanusi was in great form on Tuesday night, 4 October, scoring a stunning header in FC Porto's Champions League 2-0 win over visiting Leverkusen.

Although the Nigerian and his teammates won the encounter, but it was not an easy ride for Sanusi and his teammates who had to wait until the second half before scoring.

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Playing in front of their fans, FC Porto started the match impressively firing in all cylinders trying to get the opener against their opponents, but despite their efforts, they could not.

Porto boss Conceicao opted to introduce Sanusi into the game in the 63rd minute and that was the decision that turned the game on its head.