That Nigerian veteran midfielder and Turkish club, Trabzonspor star, John Mikel Obi has been sacked by the club is an established fact.
Be that as it may, what is not clear to many is why the football star was abruptly sacked when he still has a running contract with the club until 2021.
However the gist around town has it that Mikel would have been sacked due to his attitude recently during a league match between his club and Istanbul Basaksehir.
We gathered that Mikel Obi refused to come off the bench for their 1-1 draw with Istanbul Basaksehir and that he had also criticised Turkish football authorities for not suspending the league as others did in their respective leagues despite the spread of the Coronavirus.
However, the former Chelsea FC star had on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 taken to his Instagram page to write; “There is more to life than football. I do not feel comfortable and don’t want to play football in this situation. Everyone should be home with their families and loved ones in this critical time. Season should be cancelled as the world is facing such turbulent times.”
Meanwhile, the club in a terse statement, said; “The professional football player agreement between our company and John Obi Mikel on 30.06.2019 start date 31.05.2021 has been mutually terminated.
“With a mutual termination agreement, the football player gave up all his forward-looking receivables.”
