A Turkish football club, Trabzonspor, on Tuesday terminated its contract with a former captain of the Super Eagles, Mikel Obi, following his refusal to play for the club against Basaksehir on Sunday, March 16 amid Coronavirus scare.
Mikel Obi had last week, insisted he will not be toying with his life by playing for his club, wondering why the Turkish League will still be on when all other football leagues in Europe are suspended.
The ex-Super Eagles midfielder refused playing for the club at the weekend, leaving the management with no option but to end his contract which was expected to run till May 31, 2021.
According to the short statement terminating the agreement, “The professional football player agreement between our company and John Obi Mikel on 30.06.2019 start date 31.05.2021 has been mutually terminated.
“With the mutual termination agreement, the football player gave up all his forward-looking receivables and this has been announced to the public.”
