Pa Michael Obi, father of Chelsea and Super Eagles star, Mikel, has blamed the President of the Confederation of African Football, Mr. Isa Hayatou, for the inability of his son to win the recently-held CAF/GLO African Footballer of the Year award.
The CAF/GLO African Footballer of the Year award went Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester city midfielder, Yahaya Toure, with Mikel and Cote d’Ivoire captain, Didier Drogba, coming second and third places respectively.
Mikel’s father said his friends from Jos and Lagos were anxiously waiting to call and congratulate him before the choice of Toure was announced.
Pa Obi, who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Jos on Wednesday, alleged that the CAF president had always exhibited “a dislike” for footballers from the Anglophone countries.
He however said the family was not perturbed that Mikel did not get the award because of their firm belief in God, stressing that Mikel would get the award at God’s own appointed time.
Pa Obi said the fact that Mikel congratulated the winner immediately and flew back to his base without any complaint was a reflection of the family’s belief in the hands of God in the destiny of man.
He said, “We know that it was he, Isa Hayatou (CAF President), that denied him that award. Yahaha (Yahaya Toure, the eventual winner) himself said so that his friend is worthy to take the award.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Daddy,Tell your child to up his game and forget and forget about this advocacy thing. Football is a practical game which is done in the pitch for everybody to see. Messi or Ronald's father did not tell Fifa or advocate for their sons to be awarded the Ballon D'or. In Nigeria we over politicize everything and even reduce clear technical issues to mere sentiment. Daddy, Your child is at best a lukewarm performer. He should up his game and forget about getting this titles through the "back door". The Coaches have made their statement unless Mikel Father knows more than the Coaches.
ReplyDeleteMumu Mikel father thinks it was only Isa Ayatu that voted or influenced the votes.
ReplyDeleteThe Football naive Mikel's father should be seriously guided against silly utterances; he is ungrateful seeing his son coming the best African three.
Story Story! I admire Mikel and i love him as a fellow country man, but the truth remains that Yaya is better for now and he deserves the CAF title . O. J
ReplyDelete..Den Ribery shld av won..pa u no try o,for some 1 who ws nt d highest goal scorer fr d competition dey talk abt in his own country,and has scored not up to 5 goals in his career nd he wan talk? He shld b glad to b in top 3 sef!
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