MIKEL WANTS OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION WITH DREAM TEAM VI

Super Eagles midfielder and Chelsea star, John Mikel Obi has indicated his wishes to feature at next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as one of three over-aged players.

According to Africanfootball.com  the 28-year-old Mikel has won almost every major trophy at stake including the UEFA Champions League and English Premier League, but he has so far missed out on playing at the Olympics.

Incidentally, it was coach Samson Siasia who left him out from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after he had stayed away from the qualifiers for the competition.

“He has made it clear he wishes to play at the Rio Olympics,’ a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) specially revealed.
“But it is left for the coach to pick who will be the overage players he will take along to Brazil next year.”

For the 2008 Olympics, Siasia took along Osaze Odemwingie and Victor Anichebe as overage players.
Nigeria back under Siasia, will lead Algeria and South Africa to the 2016 Olympics in August after they clinched the U23 AFCON in Senegal at the weekend.

Mikel had played for Nigeria at the Under-17 in Finland, Under-20 in Holland and is on the verge of making a full circle at FIFA age-grade tournament if the coach decides to pick him as one of the three over-aged players of the final squad to the finals next summer.