No Okocha, no Kanu as Amokachi names Mikel greatest Nigerian player



The previous Super Eagles mentor accepts the 32-year-old's accomplishments make him the best footballer to have left Nigeria

Previous Nigeria striker and mentor Daniel Amokachi has named previous Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel as the best Nigerian player ever.

Mikel delighted in a fruitful universal vocation with the Super Eagles before his retirement last July.

He played at two Fifa World Cup competitions in 2014 and 2018, won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and later guided the national group to a third-place finish at Afcon 2019 in Egypt.

Mikel began his Nigeria vocation at the 2003 Fifa U-17 World Cup before playing at the 2005 World Youth Championship where he was named the competition's second-best player behind Lionel Messi.

Amokachi accepts the accomplishments Mikel has accomplished in his 16-year football vocation recognizes him from each other Nigerian player.

"Mikel is the best player," Amokachi revealed to Brila FM.

"He has won everything that a player can would like to; the Champions League, Europa, Afcon in 2013 and he likewise captained the national group.

"As a footballer, your trees tally and that will without a doubt mean Mikel on the grounds that no one has won that much in Nigerian football."

Mikel is as of now a free operator in the wake of completion his two-year contract at Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor by shared assent this month.

The 32-year-old played 19 association games for the Black Sea Storm, who sit at the summit of the Turkish top-flight standings.

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