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.
Nigeria continue to prepare for their first game under
Oliseh’s reign as they take on Tanzania in a 2017 Africa
Cup of Nations qualifier on September 5 in Dar es Salam.
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