Head coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has revealed that John Mikel Obi refused to show up for their meeting, while he was in London.
The Chelsea midfielder is one of the prominent names excluded, as Oliseh announced his 18-man foreign based squad this week and the former national team captain has explained what happened.
“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.The Chelsea midfielder is one of the prominent names excluded, as Oliseh announced his 18-man foreign based squad this week and the former national team captain has explained what happened.
“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.
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