“Mikel made it very clear to Siasia he be made captain if the coach wanted him to play the crucial matches against Egypt,”
a top source informed Africanfootball.com. Siasia would then hold a private meeting with Ahmed Musa in his hotel room in Kaduna on the same matter.
“The meeting was for 30, 40 minutes, just Siasia and Ahmed. And it was in that meeting that it was made clear to the player to give up the captaincy,”
the source said. It was also learnt that a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) advised Ahmed Musa “to give them their captaincy”.
Shortly after all arrangement had been made, Siasia and both players headed to the press conference where Ahmed Musa announced Mikel as new Eagles skipper.
Musa had said in the press conference before relinquishing the armband: “Mikel is my senior and a big brother. So, Mikel is the captain, not me.”
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