Football: Mikel Obi set to return to Chelsea for legends match in September; Reps demand payment slips of Falcon bonuses from NFF
Retired Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi is set to represent London side Chelsea again seven years after he left the club.
Mikel is set to put on the West London side’s jersey again after the club announced him among the players from their maiden Champions League victory in 2012 to be taking part in the Chelsea Legends vs Bayern Munich Legends match at Stamford Bridge in September.
The 36-year-old moved to England after a stellar performance for Nigeria at the 2005 U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands, where his country lost in the final to Argentina, and also finished as the tournament’s second-best player behind Lionel Messi.
Meanwhile, Blessing Onu, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the financial dispute between the Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation, has ordered the football body to produce payment slips for players and officials of the women’s national team.
She made this known in Abuja on Thursday while quizzing the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, who appeared before the committee.
Onu had accused Gusau of frustrating the investigation into the allegations of non-payment of allowances and entitlements of the Falcons.
Her statement followed the alleged refusal of the NFF president to honour the invitation of the ad hoc committee investigating the face-off between the Falcons and the NFF officials.
