Rohr Sweating On Fitness Of Super Eagles Captain Ahead Of AFCON Qualifier

Published: July 30, 2018

Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr is sweating on the fitness of his influential captain John Obi Mikel ahead of the national team's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles on September 6, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

Mikel was not in Tianjin Teda's traveling party for the Chinese Super League clash against Dalian Yifang this past weekend due to injury.

The Nigeria number ten sustained the injury in his first game after the World Cup break, against Chongqing Dang on July 21 in which he was in action for 90 minutes and played on the right side of a three-man midfield.

Mikel did not train with his Tianjin Teda teammates all through last week because his knees were swollen.

The former Chelsea star was not in the Super Eagles squad that suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to South Africa in their opening fixture of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Apart from the game against Croatia at the 2018 World Cup, the 31-year-old went the distance in the Super Eagles remaining matches against Iceland and Argentina.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel