Afrigather Former Tremendous Eagles captain Mikel Obi has expressed his want to tackle a task within the Tremendous Eagles within the close to future, PUNCH Sports activities Further studies.
Mikel, who retired from soccer in 2022, has been busy with soccer contents together with his Obi One Podcast, however he’s additionally wanting on the prospect of bringing again his expertise to the nationwide staff.
Throughout an interview with CNN, the 36-year-old was teased about changing into the supervisor of the staff, however the former Chelsea midfielder was fast to distance himself from the strain and talked a couple of extra diplomatic function.
“Not undoubtedly, I’ll like to at some point however I don’t need to be a supervisor. I don’t need to be sacked. I hate getting sacked,” Mikel stated jokingly.
“I don’t suppose I can deal with that actually nicely, however in some capability, I’ll like to be concerned once more with the nationwide staff. I need to be someone who will attempt to repair the issue from the highest,” he continued.
“If it means to be a mediator between the gamers and the FA to verify issues are run correctly, now we have the correct folks managing what we should always do collectively to succeed. For me, I believe that’s the place we should always begin from.”
In a profession that spanned 14 years, Mikel represented Nigeria on the U-17 and U-20 ranges earlier than incomes 91 caps for the Tremendous Eagles, scoring six objectives.
He was a silver medallist and Silver Ball winner on the 2005 U-20 World Youth Cup, when the Flying Eagles misplaced 2-1 to a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina within the closing.
Mikel additionally led Nigeria to a bronze medal on the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, the place the staff attracted the headlines for the fallacious causes after their preparations and participation on the championship was marred by monetary points. As captain, he donated $30,000 to the cash-strapped staff.
The previous Chelsea participant additionally featured at 5 AFCON tournaments (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2019), profitable it in South Africa 2013, in addition to bronze medals in 2006, 2010 and 2019.
