Previous Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has exposed tales that he was kidnapped in 2006 preceding right before he moved to Premier League club Chelsea.
The Nigerian international footballer was pronounced missing by Morgan Andersen, the senior supervisor of his previous club Lyn Oslo, as there was a back-and-forth over the player’s future.
It was accumulated that Mikel had marked a pre-contract with Manchester United in 2005, yet the midfielder wound up joining Jose Mourinho’s Stamford Bridge side.
In a latest interview with The Athletic, Mikel Obi who is currently 34-years-old revealed that a report of him being captured was false that he needed to go into hiding when the tension was quite too much for him.
This is what Mikel Obi had to say during the interview;
”Yes, there was talk of that. Look, I wasn’t really kidnapped. I was just staying away from the public eye, away from the press, making sure no one knew where I was.
But there was a public announcement in Norway that, if anyone saw me, they should report it to the police, so we had to go and hide. Obviously, United were trying to get hold of me. So was Lyn. There were some tough times. It was like a movie.”
In other news, legendary retired boxer Mike Tyson has dissected how he would overcome WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in an entertaining dream battle as reported by SPORTbible.
As per the 55-year-old, taking on Tyson Fury forcefully will assist him with defeating the undefeated boss in the event that they clash in the ring.
The gypsy king kept up with his undefeated status when he took out Deontay Wilder in the eleventh Round in what could be depicted as an exemplary session at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, October 9 2021.
Tyson Fury who is currently 33-years-old experienced two knockdowns during the entertaining fight, yet he organized a shocking rebound to guard his WBC title.
Be that as it may, incredible Iron Mike Tyson has now described how he would overcome Fury as he focused on the significance to be “close” to him and not “stay at a distance.”
This is what Iron Mike Tyson had to say;
”Against someone of Tyson Fury’s size, you’ve got to be aggressive, move your head and be elusive because if you stand still against a man that size, you’re an easy target.
You need to attack, use angles and stay away from his punching distance. You need to be close, but you can’t stay at a distance that allows the bigger fighter to get off.
Size and style isn’t the most important thing in the ring. it’s the morale of a fighter that leads to victory. His determination, his will to win, his desire is what makes him a champion.”
