{"id":356324,"date":"2011-04-01T05:18:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T05:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/nigeria-mikel-demands-showdown-talks-with-ancelotti\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T05:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T05:18:11","slug":"nigeria-mikel-demands-showdown-talks-with-ancelotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/nigeria-mikel-demands-showdown-talks-with-ancelotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Mikel Demands Showdown Talks With Ancelotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"42.299696253797\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Ben Efe<\/p>\n<p>31 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Eagles midfielder, John Obi Mikel plans to hold showdown talks with Chelsea coach, Carlo Ancelotti as he returned from international duty on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel is worried about his future with the London club even as he is frustrated by lack of first team opportunities. Mikel starred for the Eagles in their 4-0 win over Ethiopia in the Nations Cup qualifiers in Abuja. It was his first game with the Eagles this year and he did well for the team.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>However this has not been the case at Chelsea where he has failed to make first team starts since returning from a knee injury in December. Mikel was a regular in Ancelotti&#8217;s Double-winning team last season but has played only seven of the Blues&#8217; 17 games since his comeback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is 100 per cent fit but is being overlooked and is too good a player to be sitting on the bench or, worse, in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can&#8217;t understand it as he was one of the first names on Carlo&#8217;s teamsheet last season when the team won the Double.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He needs to play more. He loves Chelsea but he may have to leave Stamford Bridge in the summer if he is no longer a part of Ancelotti&#8217;s plans,&#8221; said a source close to the player.<\/p>\n<p>There are speculations that Chelsea plan to offload Mikel and other aging stars in the summer. His contract runs out in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104010126.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Mikel Demands Showdown Talks With Ancelotti\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Mikel Demands Showdown Talks With Ancelotti<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ben Efe 31 March 2011 Eagles midfielder, John Obi Mikel plans to hold showdown talks with Chelsea coach, Carlo Ancelotti as he returned from international duty on Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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