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Rio Olympics: Siasia meets Mikel, Ighalo in London

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May 17, 2016

Rio Olympics: Siasia meets Mikel, Ighalo in London

U-23 Eagles Coach Samson Siasia on Monday met with SuperEagles captain, Mikel Obi, and Watford striker, Odion Ighalo, in London ahead of the football event of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The Chelsea midfielder is 29-year-old but FIFA rules for the competition allow participating countries to include three

overage players in their squads and Ripples Nigeria scooped that

Mikel was one of the three stars.

Siasia visited Mikel at the Stamford Bridge, London to discuss his

Olympics programme, a strong indication of his willingness to

havethe former Lyn Oslo star work with him on the assignment.

Mikel was supposed to be the anchor man for the Nigerian team

that reached the final of the competition in Beijing 2008 Games

but the player was excluded by Siasia who was also in charge of

that side because the midfielder failed to honour invitations during

the qualifiers.

The player and coach appear to have settled their differences after

Siasia convinced Ahmed Musa to relinquish the captaincy ofthe

Super Eagles to Mikel during his short spell as Super Eagles interim coach.

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