Super Eagles of Nigeria and Chelsea legend, John Mikel Obi, has opened up on his terrible experience with Sunday Oliseh as national team coach, blasting the former coach as “the worst manager ever”.
Obi bared his mind during Episode 3 of his ObiOne podcast tagged “Taking the Mikel: Sunday Oliseh, look away now!”
Oliseh’s seven-month spell as the Eagles head coach was littered with off-the-field drama, including bitter disagreements with senior members of the team and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Speaking on his brief stint with the manager, Mikel narrated how Oliseh started a heated argument with him and Vincent Enyeama on the coach’s first day in camp with the team.
He said the incident degenerated into Enyeama leaving the camp and quitting the national team
“He (Oliseh) had absolutely no clue of how a manager is. He was a fantastic guy in his playing days, but as a coach, he was very terrible. He absolutely had no clue of what he was doing,” Mikel said on the ObiOne podcast.
“The players never understood anything he was doing, and he did not know what he was doing. He was just confused because he just came in and destroyed the team our togetherness.
“His excuse when he got fired was that the people and FA did voodoo on him not to succeed. He was easily the worst manager I played under.
Oliseh As Super Eagles Coach was confused, so embittered,and Jealous” He said
