Manchester City legend Yaya Toure has stated that Nigeria’s midfield legend, Mikel Obi was most deserving to win Africa’s best player award in 2013.
The Cote d’Ivoire legend stated this on Obi One Podcast on Thursday, stressing that Mikel was widely expected to win the prestigious award in the year after playing a crucial role in Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League success.
Mikel was also instrumental to Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph in the same year.
You deserved it, Obi, to be honest, because in the league, the season was perfect. Nigeria won the AFCON, and you were instrumental in this period,” Toure said on Obi One Podcast.
The thing is, I was told nothing [by CAF] and I said Obi deserved it at the time. If it were me or him [Obi Mikel], it would have been fine, but the big question was me attending the ceremony. If we don’t go there, who’s going to support?,” Yaya Toure
