Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi was not invited by the new Super Eagles
coach Sunday Oliseh to play in the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of
Nations qualifier against Tanzania. Asked why Mikel was left out of his
list, Oliseh said he called Mikel several times but he never responded
or called him back
“I went to England on a Thursday and Chelsea was just coming back. We
had fixed our visit to coincide with the end of their tour before they
played Arsenal. I contacted Obi Mikel, called him on several occasions
with no
reply; sent him an SMS with no reply, went to London where he plays in
the same club with Victor Moses. I called Moses, the phone rang three
times and he picked it up and I spoke with him. Moses came to the
meeting but
he (Mikel) didn’t come."
I left to Liverpool to meet the other player and I spent about six hours
to go there and back but there was no response from Mikel until I
returned here.
Till now I have not spoken with Mikel. I think it was yesterday
(Wednesday) that I saw a missed call, so at the moment I don’t know what
the situation is. No player is special, every player is the same, every
other player
we contacted and spoke with have been invited them" Oliseh said in a
media parley yesterday in Abuja
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