Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has dispelled news making the rounds that he has an axe to grind with Chelsea’s midfielder, John Mikel Obi, hence his non-inclusion in the team that will battle Rwanda next Wednesday.

Team's Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, quoted Keshi as saying: “This camp is a national team's camp of love and not of hate, how can a father like me quarrel with a son like Mikel.

The young man is full of talent and is a player who has several years left in him, but he was just coming back from an injury lay-off and we thought it wise to leave him to settle down before we call on him again to come and fight for his fatherland”.

Keshi pleaded with the media, whom he said were partners in progress to always cross-check facts with the appropriate quarters before going on air or publishing them.

Another issue that Keshi also took time off to clear was the alleged injury to returnee midfielder, Sanni Kaita. Keshi said Kaita was not injured and had been playing regularly for his club, urging those in doubt to call on his Russian club to find out details. “We have taken time to select the best for the national team and we find Kaita to be one of them, those who say he's injured should call his club to find out the truth, from our end we have a fully fit Kaita ready to represent his fatherland”.

Similarly, Keshi has said that he would pick 11 home-based players to join the 11 foreign based players earlier announced last week for the trip to Kigali Rwanda for the Nations Cup qualifier.
As at yesterday afternoon, 21 players were in camp, following the arrival of Kwara United's Barnabas Imenger and Akwa United Solomon Jabason to boost the 19 players who have been sweating it out for shirts for the battle in Kigali .

http://www.kickoff.com/news/27184/keshi-no-mikel-rift.php

That's how to do it

Make that mikel and cohorts cool thier heels for now make we know if we fit make am

deres som1 dey call sekou oliseh who im very sure is a nigerian. he dealt with fabio coentrao of real madrid. hes better than most players in the national team. keshi should look into giving him a national team call up before he starts playing for another country

Chriswags,sekou oliseh is a liberian and has already debuted for his country.

chiswaggs:

deres som1 dey call sekou oliseh who im very sure is a nigerian. he dealt with fabio coentrao of real madrid. hes better than most players in the national team. keshi should look into giving him a national team call up before he starts playing for another country

poise20:

Chriswags,sekou oliseh is a liberian and has already debuted for his country.

Sekou Jabateh Oliseh, or simply
Sekou (born 5 June 1990) is a
Liberian international footballer
who plays professionally for
Russian side CSKA Moscow, as a
midfielder.
Early life
Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Sekou
Oliseh was adopted by Nigerian
ex-professional footballer
Churchill Oliseh at a young age.
[1] His uncles are fellow
footballers Azubuike Oliseh,
Egutu Oliseh and Sunday Oliseh.
Career
Oliseh began his career in his
adopted home country Nigeria
with Ebedei, before moving to
Danish side Midtjylland in 2006.
[2] Between 2008 and 2009,
Oliseh made 5 league
appearance for Midtjylland,[3]
before moving on loan to
Russian side CSKA Moscow in July
2009.[4] In December 2009, the
loan deal became permanent as
Oliseh signed a 5-year deal with
CSKA.[5][6]

The Malian press abruptly ended Keshi`s stay in Mali
They were asking for bribe & Keshi didnt oblige
Th e Nigerian press is wiser---I hope they wont start a campaign against Keshi
We all know the temperament of Mikel. We should not make him believe there is a coupe against him

None of my business

Mikel is on his own. chelsea will ssoon dump him. He is always in d news which one he dey self?

Do Super Eagle even need Mikel I dont even know what is all the talk about already young tired legs?

They were asking for bribe & Keshi didnt oblige[img]http://www.demama.info/g.php[/img]

he has an axe to grind with Chelsea’s midfielder, John Mikel Obi,
I don't think so. These are mere speculations. Moreso he is the boss and has the right to invite whosoever he wishes to invite.

Mikel? Mthat guy is a ikel, thz guy iz dead! That guy iz joking whu is he betta dan pls, evn Ekpo iz beta off, keshi get beef wiv am? Whu wan beef hu? Press ehn!

mikel has grown to be too important to be ignored. for those of u who will be wacthing that game, listen carefully, mikel's name will surely be mentioned.
for keshi, all we need is for u to use anybody u consider gud enough and deliver the cups available. it will favour keshi to leave mikel and concentrate on his contract otherwise, these same group of hypocrites will soon gather and call for his head.
na so i tell siasia, but he said he will deal with mikel and bring in discipline into the game and today, we know what the rest of the story is.