The team travelled out from London on Monday, heading to Vienna, Austria without Mikel from the proposed list.
This confirms Nigerian fans’ worst fears, as
rumours had been going around after the midfielders’ awful display at
the FIFA World Cup.
On the FIFA website, the listed players are
new signings Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Filipe Luis then old heads
Petr Cech, Matej Delac, Mitchell Beeney, Mark Schwarzer, Branislav
Ivanovic, Oriol Romeu, Kurt Zouma, Andreas Christensen, John Terry, Gary
Cahill, Nathan Ake, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marco van Ginkel, Nemanja Matic,
Nathaniel Chalobah, Mohamed Salah, Jeremie Boga, Lewis Baker, John
Swift, Patrick Bamford, Fernando Torres, Dominic Solanke and Isaiah
Brown.
Chelsea start their 2-week tour against RZ
Pellets tomorrow. Then later face NK Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia on
Sunday, before Vitesse Arnhem and Werder Bremen.
Mourinho is said to have made up his mind
about the Eagles number 10 future, due to the awful showing last season
and at the Mundial.
Mikel had been poised to finally show his
true potential in Brazil after losing his spot in the Chelsea team to
winter signing Matic.
But the Chelsea man had a bad showing losing possession a lot and drawing criticism from the Nigerian media and fans alike.
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