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Former Tremendous Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has revealed he’s open to working with the Nigeria Nationwide crew however not as a supervisor.
The previous Chelsea midfielder disclosed this throughout an interview with CNN Sports activities on Thursday, stating that he would like to ‘sort things’ from the highest.
“I’d like to get entangled with the Tremendous Eagles, however not as a supervisor; I don’t wish to get sacked; I don’t suppose I can deal with that very effectively.
“I wish to be concerned with the nationwide crew as somebody attempting to repair the issues from the highest, if it means to be a mediator between the gamers and the NFF to ensure issues are run correctly and have the fitting individuals managing what we should always do collectively to ensure that we succeed.
“Success doesn’t occur solely on the pitch, however from the highest. So for me, that’s the place we should always begin. I nonetheless preserve enormous respect from the gamers and the followers. That’s what I’d like to do sooner or later, however for now, let’s see what occurs at AFCON.”
Talking earlier in the course of the interview, Mikel mentioned the best African of all time, revealing that Drogba would go down as the best African participant in his guide.
He mentioned, “There are many nice African gamers; there’s George Weah, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, Jay Jay Okocha, and Nnwakwo Kanu; they’re nice gamers. Didier Drogba, for me, will go down as the best African participant that has performed the sport.”
Mikel Obi retired from soccer in 2022 on the age of 35.
The previous Nigerian worldwide kicked off his skilled profession in 2004 with Norwegian outfit Lyn. He later joined Chelsea, the place he loved a prolonged spell at Chelsea till 2017.
In complete he performed 372 occasions for Chelsea and scored six targets, whereas he received the Champions League, two Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, two League Cups, and the Europa League.
He left Chelsea in 2017 for Chinese language outfit Tianjin TEDA earlier than his return to England for Middlesbrough solely two years later. He then moved to Turkey in 2019 the place he received the Turkish Cup with Trabzonspor a yr later.
Obi Mikel made one closing comeback to England in 2020 for Stoke till his departure for Kuwait SC a yr later.
On the worldwide stage, Mikel represented Nigeria on 91 events and received the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013.