Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has fired back at Mikel Obi for labelling him as the worst coach he has worked under.
The former Nigerian defensive midfielder coached the Super Eagles for a short spell between July 2015 to February 2016.
Oliseh clashed with some senior players of the national team leading to his resignation after just 8 months in charge. Notable among the players he had a fallout with was Mikel Obi.
Mikel, while speaking in an interview on his ObiOne podcast show described the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder as a terrible coach who destroyed the unity in the Super Eagles team during his stint with 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.
“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 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.
“He was so bitter with everybody, jealous with everybody, and had no respect for speaking to anybody, whether the physio or anybody.”
In response to Mikel Obi's criticism, Oliseh has hit back at the former Chelsea midfielder stating that he cannot achieve what he failed to achieve on the pitch with his podcast show.
He also listed some of the successes he has chalked in his managerial career to counter Mikel Obi's "worst manager" tag.
“I think the kid (John Mikel Obi) needs some help. I think the boy needs some help”, he told Elegbete TV.
“I was voted the best coach in Holland at that time. I am the first and the only coloured player from sub saharan Africa to have ever won this award and at the same time with a club like Fortuna Sittard who had very average players, we were able to qualify for the second division from the last position to the first division where they are at the moment, and they won a title.
"I don’t need to justify myself as a good coach to the kid, I call him the kid because my son is 27 years old and when he made this statement, I heard about it but I will like to help the boy because I think he needs some help.
"You cannot become a legend with your mouth. You cannot achieve what you couldn’t achieve on the pitch as a footballer with talking and podcast”.
WDN