{"id":1149,"date":"2020-04-03T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:53:45","slug":"mikel-obi-set-to-join-brazilian-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Obi Set To Join Brazilian Club, Botafogo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZSn01JGj4hDXlcACwAvx-m3uvNI8znsQwDsiQ-mhqzioekKj-KiiFbWtqLZ6IR4-qsaT72c066aNsC1aIlAz9YcDoyvihWd7W9gN-4IEB9p6lN5UygwjIoz27BP7_jNJ45vhb_wD_eOk\/s1600\/images+%252829%2529.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252829-2529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252829-2529.jpg\" alt=\"Mikel Obi Set To Join Brazilian Club, Botafogo - Image 1\" title=\"Mikel Obi\" class=\"wp-image-1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252829-2529.jpg 739w, https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252829-2529-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nReport says, the Former Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi, is about to join Brazilian club, Botafogo, scheduled to be concluded today April 3.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt would be recalled that, Mikel terminated his contract with Turkish club, Trabzonspor, in March after he made a comment on coronavirus on Instagram.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt was gathered that, Botafogo is awaiting Mikel Obi&#8217;s response as the club had already made an official proposal.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt was also gathered that Botafogo decided to opt for the Mikel after they failed to land former Ivory Coast international, Yaya Toure.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt should be noted that, Mikel Obi had featured in 27 games for Trabzonspor this season, anchoring them to the top of the league table.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report says, the Former Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi, is about to join Brazilian club, Botafogo, scheduled to be concluded today April 3. It would be recalled that, Mikel terminated his contract with Turkish club, Trabzonspor, in March after he made a comment on coronavirus on Instagram. It was gathered that, Botafogo is awaiting Mikel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mikel Obi Set To Join Brazilian Club, Botafogo - LifestyleGist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1149\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mikel Obi Set To Join Brazilian Club, Botafogo - LifestyleGist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Report says, the Former Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi, is about to join Brazilian club, Botafogo, scheduled to be concluded today April 3. 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