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Nigeria's head coach to the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Samson Siasia, has refuted claims by John Obi Mikel that he paid the flight tickets of the team to Brazil, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Recall that the Chelsea legend had claimed that those in charge of football in Nigeria have refused to refund him the money he spent on flight for the team for the Rio Olympics in Brazil 8 years ago.

Reacting, Siasia said that: "Mikel did not pay for any flight tickets for the team. I say this as the head coach of the team then. He should bring the receipt if he paid. Maybe he is broke and looking for money. He should try other means to make money.

"We only had issues in the hotel that we needed to sort out the bill. I think he did pay for some of the hotel bills, but the flight to Rio, Mikel didn't pay for it. Delta Airlines was the one that flew us to Brazil. Mikel should stop talking about it. If he has a receipt to that effect, let him show us that he was the one who paid."

Mabuggi88:
old story, what brought it forth again?
But wait, how can Mikel be broke after collecting over 120k dollars per week in London for more than 6years

"Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it."

Mikel Obi’s reiterated this ‘I spent my money’ line on different podcasts.

Here’s Bunmi Jinadu, @interglobepr organiser of that pre-Olympic camp in ATL in 2016.👇🏿https://t.co/QzMvs4imk2 https://t.co/pMS3bIBVVS pic.twitter.com/d8bzKioD01

— Olúwashínà Òkélèjì (@oluwashina) June 19, 2025

Sonnobax15:

Make siasia go bury him head in shame abeg

Was Mikel supposed to pay for the hotel bills of the team in the first place? . If not for the failed leadership we have in the country as a whole

Always defending incompetency and nonsense

Omihanifa:
We only had issues in the hotel that we needed to sort out the bill. I think he did pay for some of the hotel bills, ...