“Everybody knows that Mikel is a patriotic and devoted captain of the Super Eagles. To the best of my knowledge, he will never shirk his responsibility as Eagles Captain. “One thing we should also know is that Mikel (Obi) has not played for a while now, and he is trying to move to another club. “I believe he wants to secure his job situation before he will worry about Super Eagles,” Siasia said. Mikel, who has not played for the Super Eagles since Nigeria’s last game at the Russia 2018 World Cup, recently left his Chinese club, Tiajin Teda.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2019 04:36 UTC