John Mikel Obi has revealed how he paid for the U-23 Eagles crew’s flight to the 2016 Olympic Video games in Rio, Brazil.
Mikel was one of many three overage gamers named within the squad by then handler of the crew, Samson Siasia.
The previous Chelsea midfielder was additionally handed the captain’s armband, main the crew to 3rd place within the males’s soccer occasion.
The previous Lyn Oslo of Norway star nonetheless revealed how poor planning on the a part of the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) and Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) practically scuppered the crew’s ambition.
“Once I represented my nation on the Olympics in Brazil, we needed to fly there, and we waited from morning until evening, ready for a airplane to take us to Brazil,” Mikel mentioned on his podcast.
“There was no airplane to take us to Brazil as a result of there was in-fighting behind the scene of who was going to choose up the tab.
“The FA didn’t wish to decide up the tab, the federal government I believe launched the cash, however the FA or whoever the cash acquired into his arms refused to launch the cash.
“So we waited on the airport from morning until evening however there was no flight. I needed to pay for that flight to take us to Brazil. And these are little issues.”
