Chelsea
midfielder Mikel Obi will be recalled by new Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh for
next month’s AFCON qualifier in Tanzania and played as a defensive midfielder,
AfricanFootball.com has exclusively learnt.
Mikel last
played for the Super Eagles in November 2014 when Nigeria drew 2-2 with South
Africa in a 2015 AFCON qualifier in Uyo.
“Mikel still
remains one of Nigeria’s top stars in Europe even he is no longer playing
regularly for Chelsea these days and that is why he will be part of Oliseh’s
immediate plans, beginning with the AFCON qualifier in Tanzania next month,” a
top official informed AfricanFootball.com
“But instead
of giving him a free role as he has been given in the Eagles in the past, he
will play as a defensive midfielder, like he does for his club.”
The Super Eagles are second behind Egypt in the qualifying group for the 2017 AFCON in Gabon after they beat Chad 2-0 in Kaduna in June.
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