Mikel Begs NFF For Snubbing Oliseh

 

Contrary to his public show of

bravado when he shunned Super

Eagles coach and the NFF in London,

Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi has

reached out to officials of the

federation to plead for forgiveness.

According to SportingSun findings,

Mikel called officials of the NFF from

the northern part of the country

where he spoke in Hausa language

appalling to them to plead with

coach Oliseh to forgive him for

ignoring his calls when he visited

London to meet with players like

Victor Moses, Carl Ikeme to crave

their commitment to the cause of

the. national team.

According to the source, Mikel called

some NFF officials last week to beg

for forgiveness. He spoke to them in

Hausa, weeping that they should.

save his career by appealing to the

coach to forgive him for shunning

his calls.

He said his career was in danger if

he was shut out of the national team

completely. Since he is not playing

regularly for Chelsea he reckons that

his career could be over if he not

invited to the national team” The

decision on whether to invite him on

not rests with Oliseh.

It would be recalled that Mikel has

had running battle with successive

Super Eagles coaches from Samson

Siasia, Stephen Keshi and now

Oliseh.

The NFF is said to be divided on

whether he should be invited or left

out of the new-look team.