As the league’s most valuable player, Gift Orban, a striker from Nigeria, is losing ground to other players in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League this season.
In contrast to the previous season, when Gift Orba was presumably the most talked-about and sought-after player in Belgium, the 21-year-old international player from Nigeria is progressively losing significance in the league.
After failing to score in nine consecutive games—six in the Jupiler Pro League, two in the Europa Conference League qualification rounds, and one in the Europa Conference League group stage—Orban is currently going through his worst goal drought of his career.
The striker has scored an incredible 45 goals in 61 games since going to Europe more than a year ago, but he has only scored twice in nine league games this season (six in 15 games total).
According to German football statistics website Transfermarkt, before his form collapsed, he was valued at €20 million and the most valuable player in Belgium as of June 2023.
Orban, who has a deal with Genk, a Belgian team, through 2027, is no longer the most valuable player in the nation. The €25 million (five million euros more than the Nigerian) Belgian midfielder Arthur Vermeeren of Antwerp is the new champion.
The second most valuable player in Belgium is a forward from Norway named Antonio Nusa, who was born in Nigeria and is presently valued at €20 million.
Nusa, a forward for Club Brugge who has participated in 13 games in all competitions and already provided two goals and three assists, is supposedly worth €16 million more than he was previously.
After failing to complete the much-needed high-profile transfer during the previous summer transfer window, Orban has experienced a steady drop in his great career at Genk, making him the third most expensive player in Belgium.
The final two players in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League’s top five ranking are Andreas Olsen and Bilal El Khannouss. Olsen and El Khannouss are each worth €18 million, according to Transfermarkt.
