Super Eagles Captain Yobo-i won't beg to Play for Eagles

Yobo, who spoke to Sports Radio 88.9 Brila FM on Tuesday, lamented the way he was shut out despite being the captain of the team, saying it was disrespectful. He also alleged that one of the assistant coaches to Keshi has made the national team quite uncomfortable for him.

Yobo was not called up for the game against Kenya in Calabar a fortnight ago and said he was not informed as he had expected.
 
He said, "I don't know what happened. I felt we were celebrating the African cup together and working together. But since winning the cup, nobody has spoken to me. Keshi has never called me, so I just focused on my club career.
 
"I was surprised that I wasn't on the list. The whole thing was shocking to me; I don't have a clue as to what happened. I wasn't told the list was out because nobody spoke with me."
 
Meanwhile, Keshi has admitted not calling his captain to inform him about his exclusion from the Kenya game, adding that Yobo was still important to the national team.
 
He told Brila FM, "It's true that I did not call Yobo to inform him that he will not feature in the game against Kenya because I knew how he was going to feel. I did not want to talk with him because I know how we talked in South Africa when he wasn't starting and I wanted to avoid a repeat of that.
"Yobo is still important in the team; it's just that at the time, he wasn't needed. I thought he was going to understand because we talked a lot in South Africa.