Championship: It Will Be Risky Rushing Mikel Back - Stoke City Manager

  Championship: "It Will Be Risky Rushing Mikel Back - Stoke City Manager By Sampson Adedeji As the English Championship hots up, Stoke City continued to press hard in order to secure promotion back into the premier league, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Potters will be back in action on Tuesday night against Queen Park Rangers without former Nigeria's Super Eagles midfielder and captain, John Mikel Obi who is still out injured. Mikel returned to England this summer after the mutual termination of his contract with the Turkish Super Lig side Tranzonspor. Since the move to the Britannia stadium Mikel has been one of the outstanding player for the club before sustaining injury not too long ago. Manager of the team, Michael O'Neal during a press conference revealed that Mikel stand an outside chance of the playing in the match. "We’ll assess John Obi today. He trained for part of the session yesterday, but the important thing is not bringing players back too early and risking re-injury," he said. Stoke city is placed 8th on the table with 29 points a win against QPR will move the team up the table.