Nigerian footballer and Chinese club Tianjin Teda striker, Aide Brown Ideye has stepped up as he buys himself a whopping N167,706,000 Rolls Royce Wraith, 2018 edition.
The footballer who recently turned 30-years gifted himself the luxury car to celebrate his birthday as a means to compensate himself for hard-work done on the pitch.
For those who don’t know, the footballer began his career with Bayelsa United before moving to Ocean Boys where he was part of the team that won the Nigerian Premier League.
In January 2008, Ideye moved to Europe where he signed with Swiss Super League club, Neuchâtel Xamax. Prior to his move to Switzerland, he was on trial with Dutch side Willem II but was not signed. After three years with Xamax, he left to sign for French Ligue 1 club, Sochaux.
July 6th, 2011 Ideye signed a five-year deal with Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv. He made his first appearance on 16 July against Oleksandria, scoring two goals. In his second game for Dynamo, he again scored a brace, this time against Obolon Kyiv.
On August 7th, 2012 he scored the winner in a UEFA Champions League qualifying third round second-leg game against Feyenoord, in which Dynamo ultimately progressed. He also scored against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second-leg of the play-off round. Mönchengladbach won the game 2-1, but Kyiv progressed to the Champions League group stage on a 4-3 aggregate score.
On July 18th, 2014 Ideye signed a three-year deal with English Premier League club, West Bromwich Albion, becoming the club’s record signing at a fee reported as £10 million. The contract included an option in the club’s favour for an extra year. After a difficult start to the season in England, Ideye scored his first league goal for the club in their 3-1 loss to Manchester City 26 December, 2014 and scored four times in a six-day spell in February 2015 with goals against Burnley and Swansea City in the Premier League and two against West Ham United in the FA Cup.
On 31st August, 2015 Ideye joined Olympiacos from West Brom for an undisclosed fee, though believed to be around €6 million. The prospect of featuring in the Champions League again was rumoured to play a crucial role in convincing Ideye to move to the Athens-based club.
On 9th March, 2016 Ideye received a lucrative offer from China during the January transfer window, however he rejected the offer as he preferred to stay with the reigning Superleague Greece champions where he was a key member for the club as it celebrated winning the domestic championship for the sixth consecutive season.
Ideye, however left Olympiakos for Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda in the January 2017 transfer window. Ideye joined the Chinese club on a two-and-a half-year contract for a transfer fee of €12 million. His contract, which ran until the summer of 2019, was worth €3.5 million per year. He had on 29 January, 2018 joined Spanish La Liga side Málaga on loan for six months.