Obi Mikel.
Nigeria on Saturday summoned the rookie Brown valleys to participate in the World Cup South Africa instead of John Obi Mikel, who refused to travel with the team for fear of jeopardizing his future career.
The valleys, who plays for French club Sochaux, one of the last seven players dropped by the Swedish Lars Agerbek coach of Nigeria, who announced days before the final list, which included 23 players.
Suffering Obi Mikel / 23 / midfielder, Chelsea, from a knee injury, thus joining the "curse of Chelsea," after previously announced for the absence of his colleagues in the London club, the German Michael Ballack and Michael Essien and Didier Drogba for the World Cup.
Said Nigerian team official Emmanuel Attah on the website of Chelsea, "Mikel excluded from the World Cup because he told us that he does not want to risk his future in sports, he should recover completely after he underwent surgery recently."
Prepares team "Super Eagles" of the World Cup in the town of Essex English.
Mikel has not played a competitive match since he was injured in April last with Chelsea, and not played two games recently Nigeria's friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Colombia.
But one of the sites quoted the Nigerian sports team spokesman Petrseid shared his assertion that the injury is different: "Mikel injured with a twisted ankle and underwent a CT scan revealed that he would not recover in time."
Play Nigeria in the second group for the World Cup with Argentina, Greece and South Korea, and begin their campaign in the tournament before the tango dancers on June 12 this month.
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