Mikel overwhelmed by Team Nigeria appointment

Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympic Games and member of the Nigeria U-23 squad, John Mikel Obi has described his appointment as overwhelming.
Speaking from the team's camp in Atlanta, Georgia, Mikel said: "First and foremost, I will say I am overwhelmed with this opportunity to be the captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics. This is the highest accolade you can ever have as a sportsman and it's one I am really looking forward to.
"I am much pleased and very happy with myself for what I have been able to achieve, and grateful to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports and the entire country for this opportunity.

"My objective is definitely going to be to carry everyone along. I think it's important that we all work together, it's important that we all set one goal, and that goal is to be successful, to win medals, to make sure we get gold medals. Our country has not done very well in recent times at the Olympics, so hopefully we can go to Rio and do well."
"If you look at my track record at Chelsea, I have always played for the team, I have always been a team player, I have never been an individual player, so I think this is something I will be carrying into the Olympics and carry into Team Nigeria to make sure that we are successful." He called on Nigerians to support the team and wish players and officials well.