Rohr explains Mikel’s return to the Super Eagles Squad

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr

By Eyo Idongesit Kelvin

As the final round of AFCON qualifiers draw closer with great intrigues and fantasy across board Gernot Rohr has come out to explain the continual absence of Super Eagles Captain John Obi Mikel from the squad.

The Super Eagles coach believes that players with experience still have a vital role to play for Nigeria and if such player feels motivated to do so then the doors is open for everybody.

Speaking at the Press Conference in Asaba, Gernot Rohr feels that this is not the right moment for Mikel to come back to the National team due to his conditions and knee injury. www.kelvianomedia.blogspot.com.ng reports

“Obi Mikel is playing again in Middlesbrough since few weeks and his doing well now but he still has a little problem with his knee, and it’s not the moment now to come back for him in this conditions, there are so many games in Middlesbrough for him to do”. Rohr explain

“If Obi Mikel is very fit again, if he has the motivation, if he shows that he is better than the other people we have, the door is open for everybody”.

“We are watching we are seeing what is happening and we will see if he can come back one day, we also need the experience in our team we are so young players, again I think we are even younger than the last list so the experience of such a player could be interesting”. Gernot Rohr added.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria who are already through to Egypt 2019 will host the Pirates of Seychelles in their dead rubber encounter at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Friday.