I spent more than £30,000 for dream team - Mikel Obi finally opens up as he reveals how they suffered in Brazil

Super Eagles Captain and Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi has finally come out to reveal how he paid his personal money to save dream team from embarrassment at the Rio Olympics in this interview with Goal.com, this is in response to Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung who debunked rumours of any payment.

According to Mikel, "I think if we talk about the money that I put into the team I think it was more than [£30,000]," Mikel told Goal. "But we just had to do it.

"I said to myself, 'I won’t let this happen. If I can help, I’ll try to help'. Sometimes there was no food, sometimes there was no pitch to train on, there was no bus to go to the training ground. So all of this was what me and the coach had to figure out, and get money together.

"I came to the camp. I sat down with the boys in Atlanta and I could see the frustration, the pain and the anger. Their aim was to play in the Olympics, their goal was to play in the Olympics.

"And for me being there and seeing what they are going through, they are young boys, they want to start their career and someone in the ministry is trying to crush that dream."