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Mikel Obi Snubbed Me; Coach Oliseh Reveals by agbaikings: 7:11pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
The Chelsea man refused to pick calls from
the Super Eagles coach during his recent trip
to England and is the reason why he was
left out of the squad
Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has
sensationally revealed that he was snubbed
by Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel during
his recent trip to England.
It was the reason the player was ignored
from the squad that would face Tanzania
next month.
Oliseh told media on Thursday in Abuja that
he had attempted to reach out to the
midfielder ahead of the Community Shield
game against Arsenal but he was rebuffed
by the 28-year-old’s decision not to respond
to his phone calls.
“I met with the players when I went to
England on Thursday, the day Chelsea was
coming back from a tour before they played
Arsenal in the Community Shield,” said
Oliseh.
“I put a call through to John Obi Mikel. I
called him four times, the phone kept
ringing. I sent him a text message, I got no
response. I called [Victor] Moses, the phone
rang three times.
“And I spoke with [Moses], I told him to
concentrate on his game and after the game
he came to my hotel room we spoke and I
made him understand that my priority is
building a new team and everybody is
starting from zero and I needed to see
players playing.
“From there I [made] a trip to Liverpool
there is no secret anymore, you all know
about it [meeting with Jordan Ibe]
everybody knows. I spoke with other
players and their parents and I never got a
call back from Obi Mikel until I traveled back
home. But just yesterday I saw a missed call
on my phone so at the moment I don’t
know what the situation is now.
“For me everybody is the same and every
player we call answers. To us it’s not up to
me but I want to clear one thing if anybody
wants to play for the Super Eagles we will all
be treated the same way.
“I even told the players playing at home that
home based player for me doesn’t exist, if
you are a better player in Nigeria we will
play you. The thing is that I have not spoken
to him and I made efforts but no response,
so I don’t know what to do. You people
should tell me what to do, I don’t know,”
Oliseh asked. Www.goal.com |
Re: Mikel Obi Snubbed Me; Coach Oliseh Reveals by Nobody: 7:12pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
he snubbed 2face too .. deal with it bruh |
Re: Mikel Obi Snubbed Me; Coach Oliseh Reveals by Nobody: 7:13pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
*singing in 2face voice* I knw say no be every body sabi play ball, arise oh compatriot when Nigeria call |
Re: Mikel Obi Snubbed Me; Coach Oliseh Reveals by calculator123(m): 7:22pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
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