Sunday Oliseh the super eagles head coach yesterday explained why he left out Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi from his list of players invited for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania. Oliseh revealed at a press briefing in Abuja that he made several phone calls and text messages to Mikel's number but he never responded to any.The Super Eagles coach also revealed that he spent 11 days in Europe meeting with players and watching games.
“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 called Mikel on phone four times, the phone kept ringing nobody picked , I sent an SMS and got no response. I also called Victor Moses the phone rang three times and he picked it up and I spoke with him, told him to concentrate on his game.
After the game he came to my hotel and we met and I told him my plans for the national team. 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.
I think it was yesterday (Wednesday) that I saw a missed call, so at the moment I don’t know what the situation is. For me everybody is the same and will be treated the same.”
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