Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel was in Tianjin Teda<span class="body1">&rsquo;s traveling party to Okinawa, Japan for their last stage of pre-season preparations, ahead of the start of the 2017 campaign.<br /><br />The first part of pre-season training took place in Marbella, Spain before the squad traveled to South Korea, where they held a get-together for two weeks.<br /><br />While in Okaniwa, Tianjin Teda will face two unnamed opponents in warm-up matches.<br /><br />The team</span><span class="body1"><span class="body1">&rsquo;s</span> preparation for the Chinese Super League opener against Shandong Luneng does not tick the right boxes, having lost eight straight games and conceding 24 goals.<br /><br />Mikel and his teammates will have two workouts in Okinawa on Wednesday afternoon. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<br /></span>