John MIkel, Super Eagles captain and Tianjin has suffered a mysterious ailment.The
midfielder suffered abdominal strain in their 2-0 win against Chongqing
Lifan – Since then, Tianjn TEDA conducted a series of test including
nuclear magnetic resonance – The Chinese club say they have not been
able to detect the cause of the ailment Tianjin Teda say they are yet to
discover the cause of the mysterrious ailment which will rule captain
John Obi Mikel again when they host Guangzhou Evergrande on Saturday.
The Chinese Super League side played Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng without
theur captain who has been suffering an abdominal strain since their 2-0
win against Chongqing Lifan.
According
to reports, we understands that the midfielder went through a series of
tests – including nuclear magnetic resonance, but the cause of injury
could not be detected.
The 29-year-old will miss the game against South China Tiger as he was absent during the club’s trainings this week.
Tianjin
Teda are in need of three points as they attempt to close the
five-point gap to leaders Guangzhou R&F F.C, but they face a rising
Evergrande who are fifth on the log with eight points.
Mikel
is expected to feature when the Eagles play friendly games in France
next month having missed the recent friendly against Senegal. The Eagles
played a 1 – 1 draw with Kelechi Iheanacho grabbing the equalizer for
Nigeria.