… Says Mikel Obi needs help
Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has fired shots at Mikel Obi after the former Chelsea star openly questioned his coaching ability on his podcast, Soccernet.ng reports.
Sunday Oliseh was appointed as Super Eagles coach in July 2015, and he spent eight months on the job. However, his time as Nigeria’s coach was marred with a lot of controversies.
In the first months of Oliseh’s appointment, legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama retired after an altercation with him. And there were subtle talks that some of the players were uncomfortable with the former Juventus man as coach.
Recently, former Super Eagles captain, Mikel, who was one of the senior players on the team at the time gave his opinion on Oliseh’s capacity as coach. And he stated that Oliseh was a great individual, but he knew nothing about coaching.
In a recent interview, Oliseh reacted to Mikel’s comments. The former Nigeria coach insists that he holds no grudge against Mikel, but the former Chelsea man should seek help and stop lying.
“I think the kid (Mikel) needs help to be honest. There’s something I’ve not really shown much, I won the best coach for the first period of the Jupiler league, which is in the Dutch league. That was not voted by the press, that was voted by the players and the coaches of the league,” Oliseh told Elegbete TV.
“I’m the only, and the first coloured man from Sub-Saharan Africa to ever win this title with a club like Fortuna Sittard, who had very average players were able to qualify from the second division from last position to the first division, where they still are now.
“I don’t need to justify myself being a good coach or anything to the kid. I call him (Mikel) a kid because my son is 27 years old.
“When he made this statement, I heard about it, but I couldn’t go on television and start arguing with someone like him. It’s degrading at a coach, you don’t go into the media and start arguing with your player.
“But I would like to help the boy because I think he needs some help. You cannot become a legend with your mouth.
“You cannot achieve what you were not able to achieve on the pitch outside the pitch by talking on a podcast.
