Mikel Obi eyes 2020 Olympics

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Mikel Obi eyes 2020 Olympics

Mikel John Obi has admitted he would love to play at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Coach Samson Siasia picked the Chelsea midfielder, as one of the two senior players in the Nigeria U-23 team that won bronze in Rio de Janeiro.

Mikel Obi says he “enjoyed every minute of being in Brazil” and is looking forward to the next one, even though he would be 33 then.

“This experience has given me the hunger to do it again at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. I will be only 33 then and my game will still be at a high level,” Mikel wrote in his column for Evening Standard.

“I enjoyed every minute of being in Brazil and I have been talking to the other guys about playing in another Olympics. I’m already looking forward to it and the countdown is on!”