Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, John
Mikel Obi has denied media reports making the rounds in Nigeria that he gave
$30,000 dollars to his teammates in the U23 football team.
“I don’t know the source of this story which to
me is all out to divide us as a team. I would have thought that stories that
should be coming out in the media are stories that will unite the team instead
of dividing us. Our target in Rio is to excel, but if they continue like this,
then I wonder how we can be united.”
Wondering why the writer thinks that the players
are hungry that needed his money, Mikel asked: “Tell me the players who are in
this team that are so hungry that will be looking up to me for survival? Is it
(William) Ekong, (Oghenekaro) Etebo, (Shehu) Abdulahi, (Daniel) Akpeyi,
(Kingsley) Madu, (Okechukwu) Azubuike or (Stanley) Amuzie, who are my team
mates in the Super Eagles, that I will be donating to, or other players who are
plying their trade abroad and are doing well for themselves? To me, this is
just mere distraction that won’t help this team going into a major tournament
like the Olympics.
The Chelsea FC ace then appealed to the sporting press and Nigerians generally
to rally round the team and wish the players and officials well as they get
ready for the men’s football tournament of the Rio Olympics.
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