Former captain of the senior national team of Nigeria John Obi Mikel was held back from punching Fenerbahce Emre Belozoglu at the end of Trabzonspor 2-1 win over the visitors on Saturday.
Mikel went up against Emre at the end of the bad tempered game after the former Inter-Milan and Newcastle United midfielder called him a “Nigger” following his team loss at the Medical Park Arena.
It’s not the first time that Emre has been accused of saying such to black players as he once did same to former Ivory Coast international Didier Zokora and without an apology attempted to shake the hands of Zokora in the reverse tie which the Ivorian declined.
The former captain of the Super Eagles has already filed a complain with the Turkish Football Federation for necessary action to be taken against Emre with his club strongly behind him.
Since joining the Turkish side, Mikel has emerged as one of most important player and over the weekend he once again distinguished himself with a performance which clearly shows that the former Chelsea midfielder still has the class that made him a hit at Chelsea years ago.
