Mikel Returns To Super Eagles

Chelsea ace Mikel Obi will stage a long-awaited return to the Super Eagles for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Liberia, officials disclosed. From the programme Eagles coach Stephen Keshi submitted tothe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the AFCON qualifier in Monrovia on September 8, MTNFootball.comscooped that the Chelsea midfielder, who was sensationally left out of the June qualifiers, has been handed a second chance with the national team. Keshi has allegedly been at odds with Mikel’s commitment to the national cause and that was why he overlooked him in June, just weeks after he starred in Chelsea’s historic UEFA ChampionsLeague triumph at Bayern Munich. “Mikel is among the players listed by Keshi for the Liberia match,” a top official specially informed MTNFootball.com. Also staging a return to the Eaglesis Olympic team standout star Nosa Igiebor, who last featured inNovember’s friendly against Zambia in Kaduna. The midfielder, who can play either as a playmaker or an offensive player coming from deep, has continued to shine at Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv. And with Keshi desperate for creativityin the middle of the park, the former Warri Wolves star has thusbeen reconsidered. Another player set for a comebackis Russia-based striker Emmanuel Emenike, who has already got off to a flying start in the new seasonwith Spartak Moscow. MTNFootball.comhas already broken the story that Emenike willget another chance to impress in a green-white-green shirt after hewas put in the cold since after theZambia friendly in Kaduna. Despite his goals and growing profile in Turkey and now Russia, the big striker has yet to establishhimself in the Eagles.