Sunday Oliseh Snubs Mikel As He Reveals Who is Better Between Ndidi And Kante

Sunday Oliseh Snubs Mikel As He Reveals Who is Better Between Ndidi And Kante

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:04 PM
  • Chelsea star N'Golo Kante has been rated high by Sunday Oliseh above Wilfred Ndidi and Franck Kessie
  • The former Super Eagles coach explained that Kante does many things in the midfield that Ndidi does not do
  • N'Golo Kante has been impressive for Chelsea and the Frenchman has won the Champions League, EPL and World Cup

Super Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has picked Chelsea star N'Golo Kante as the best midfielder in the world ahead of his fellow countryman Wilfred Ndidi and Franck Kessie of AC Milan.

Oliseh who played football to the highest level of his career made this known while speaking with Mathew Edafe and Emmanuel Babayaro in an exclusive video interview.

Mathew Edafe during the interview segment asked Sunday Oliseh to pick one among Wilfred Ndidi, N'Golo Kante and Kessie who he will pick for signing as the coach of Real Madrid.

N'Golo Kante, Wilfred Ndidi in action during the Emirates FA Cup final.
Sunday Oliseh picks Kante ahead of Ndidi and Kessie. Photo by Darren Walsh
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And according to a video spotted on YouTube and published by ATHLST Sunday Oliseh picked Kante claiming that the Chelsea star does many things great in the midfield.

Sunday Oliseh's comment about N'Golo Kante

''I will go for Kante because I played that role and the most difficult role in that job is being always done by N'Golo and that is the reason I will pick him.
''Mikel is a player who did great things at Chelsea, but he is not an offensive midfielder and he does not even have the qualities and I will play Ndidi ahead of him.''

Moses Simon meets top Nigerian Governor, presents him awesome Super Eagles jersey

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Eagles forward Moses Simon on Thursday evening, 16 June, met Governor Samuel Ioraer Ortom of Benue State in his house in Abuja and presented him a jersey.

After Super Eagles' African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome, Moses Simon and some of his teammates returned to Nigeria to see their family members.

The 26-year-old who plays for Nantes in France then decided to visit his State's Governor in Abuja where they both discussed about football development in Nigeria.

Moses Simon was not alone as the forward was accompanied by Kola Daniel who is the Media Aide to Nigeria's Sports Minister Sunday Dare.

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