‘I Can’t Trade My Olympics Bronze Medal For A Place In Chelsea Squad’- Mikel Obi Insists

Nigerian captain, John Obi Mikel said he could not
have sacrificed his participation in the last olympics
just for a place in Antonio Conte’s Chelsea squad.
The midfielder still feels he made the right choice
by playing in the tournament, despite being frozen
out at Stanford Bridge.
Mikel insisted that he has no regrets over his
decision to play at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
The 29-year-old skippered Samson Siasia’s men to
win the bronze medal in Brazil and has since been
overlooked by Conte since his return to the West
London outfit.
Despite the snub by the Italian, Mikel maintained
that opting to represent Nigeria ahead of the Blues’
pre-season camp was not a bad decision.
He told The Sun, “I have never been a
guy who makes excuses in life and
never shy away from responsibilities.
“Yes, maybe people will say the new
manager was upset I left and went to
the Olympics, that I didn’t have a pre-
season with the team.
“He probably thinks I don’t care about
the team, things like that.
“But I don’t want to use those excuses.
I have to keep training hard and make
sure I change the manager’s mind. If
not, then we’ll see what happens in
January.”
“But, no, I would never swap my
Olympic medal for a place back in the
Chelsea team,” he continued.
“One thing you have to do in life as a
man is that when you make a decision,
or a sacrifice, you have to deal with it.
“You have to stand by your decision.
You have to live with it.
“I have not one single regret in going
to the Olympics. And I will not trade
my medal for anything.
“It’s what I deserve. I worked hard for
it, so why would I trade it for
something else — a place in the Chelsea
squad?”

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