According to Daily Trust, Sunday Oliseh, a former coach of Nigeria’s men’s football national team, the Super Eagles, has said that a former player of the team, John Obi Mikel, bit the finger that fed him, explaining that former national team goalkeeper, Joseph Dosu, took care of him (Mikel) before he became famous but Mikel has fail to reciprocate the kind gesture.
Dosu was in Nigeria’s 1996 Olympic team that won gold at the tournament. However, his career was cut short by an automobile accident.
The 49-year-old coach told Elegbete TV Sports in a recent interview that Dosu was one of those who helped set Mikel on the path to attaining his star status.
He said: “Before Obi Mikel made it in football, Dosu Joseph housed Obi Mikel and fed him. I bet you all didn’t know this. He helped Obi Mikel become what he is today.
“In spite of all the help he gave Obi Mikel, please let’s ask ourselves: has Obi Mikel ever once gone to say hello to Dosu? And with all the millions you’ve made, help the guy (Dosu).”
Oliseh was reacting to comments made by the former Chelsea midfielder’s about his (Oliseh’s) coaching ability. Mikel had questioned the ex-Juventus star’s coaching credentials, when he said in a podcast that the coach knows nothing about football. According to him, Oliseh was “the worst manager I played under.”
He added, “He was bitter, jealous, and disrespectful to everyone, including the physio.”
But in his reaction, Oliseh, who kept referring to Mikel as a kid, said the former Chelsea man needs help.
The coach said:
“I think the kid needs help. You cannot achieve what you were not able to achieve on the pitch outside the pitch by talking on a podcast”
He went on to reel out his achievements as a football, including his award for best coach in the Belgium Jupiler Pro League, an award he said was voted for by players and coaches.
According to him, he was the first and only coloured man from Sub-Saharan Africa to ever win this title with a club like Fortuna Sittard, with very average players, coming from the second division, and having risen from last position to the first division, where they still are now.