Tag Archives: Mikel Obi

Mikel Obi Joins English Club Middlesbrough

31-year-old former Chelsea player Mikel Obi has joined the English club Middlesbrough. The Super Eagles World Cup captain agreed on terms with the club after leaving Tianjin Teda in China by mutual consent, Guardian reports. Mikel had spent 11 seasons in Chelsea before moving on to

NFF Condoles Ahmed Musa on Mother’s Death

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has condoled Super Eagles’ deputy captain, Ahmed Musa on the death of his mother, Mrs Sarah Moses Thursday afternoon. Early reports indicated that Mrs Moses died at a hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Mikel Obi Scores 1st Goal As His Chinese Club Suffers 2nd Loss in four Days

Mikel Obi was in action as his new club Tianjin Teda suffered their second loss in four days. The Chinese club are presently preparing for the 14th season of Chinese Super League. Tianjin Teda ended 11th in the 2016 Super

Marseille to Make Mikel Highest-Paid Player

Struggling French Ligue 1 side Marseille may have succeeded in convincing out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi to shun big-money move to the Chinese Super League to help revive the club. Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, who bought Marseille

Exclusion of Nigerian Players from CAF Awards Worrisome

An ex-international, Friday Ekpo, on Wednesday described the exclusion of Nigeria players from the five finalists for the 2016 Confederation of Africa Football player of the year award as worrisome. No Nigerian player was among the five players announced by

Mikel Don't Deserve Nigeria No. 10 Jersey, Says Etim Esin

Etim Esin has said the Super Eagles midfielder is not worthy of putting on the country’s revered jersey number following his no show at the ongoing 2014 Fifa World Cup Former Nigeria star Etim Esin has disclosed that Super Eagles