Trouble looms for Nigerian
midfielder, John Obi Mikel at his London club, Chelsea, after the player failed
to win the African Footballer top crown on Thursday night, Daily SunSport has
exclusively gathered.
Mikel who stormed out of the
awards venue in anger was quoted, by sources close to him, that the organisers
assured that he would emerge as the winner.
The competent source further
revealed that the midfielder was dejected and embarrassed at the treatment he
got at the event.
“Mikel was disturbed and couldn’t believe how it happened. He was given so much
assurance that he was going to win it, only for the story to change at the end
of the day.
“To make the matter worse,
Mourinho (Jose) was convinced to release Mikel for the awards night since the
Portuguese, in first instance, believed such trip to Nigeria was a distraction
to the player and he would be jet-lagged on return.
“So the episode forced Chelsea
to fly him (Mikel) down in the club’s jet and also to bring him back to London
in good time.
“The club invested so much in making the player available at the occasion
because the plane flew to Nigeria twice because of Mikel. No club would have
released their player if not assured of winning the prize.
“Sure, Mikel will pick up his
pieces and return to his best at Chelsea,” the source assured.
The defensive midfielder looks likely to miss today’s away clash at Hull City
and must fight hard to regain his starting shirt at the club.
Meanwhile, the midfielder opted to shun a meeting at the instance of the
Nigeria Football Federation after the CAF Awards as he preferred to stay back
in his hotel room after the President of the Nigeria Football Federation,
Alhaji Aminu Maigari put a phone call through to him.
Source : THE SUN
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