{"id":226589,"date":"2026-05-17T19:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=226589"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:54:29","slug":"africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=226589","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s 20 most valuable stars in 2026: Osimhen, Lookman join Morocco, Egypt, Ghana icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa\u2019s influence in global football continues to grow, with many of the continent\u2019s best players now starring for elite clubs across Europe, Soccernet.ng reports. The latest market value rankings released by Transfermarkt offer a clear snapshot of who the most valuable African footballers are in 2026&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2026\/03\/africas-osimhen-lookman-egypt-ghana.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa\u2019s influence in global football continues to grow, with many of the continent\u2019s best players<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons.jpeg",1033,581,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-300x169.jpeg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-768x432.jpeg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-1024x576.jpeg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons.jpeg",1033,581,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons.jpeg",1033,581,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-1024x576.jpeg",1024,576,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/226589-africas-20-most-valuable-stars-in-2026-osimhen-lookman-join-morocco-egypt-ghana-icons-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=226589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/226590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}