John Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel, who has announced his retirement from football today, was unveiled by Manchester United as a new player before switching to Chelsea, ...

Chelsea eventually sat around with United and Lyn and the matter was resolved. But this added fuel to the fire, with suggestions that the teenager had been ‘kidnapped’ - according to then Lyn director Morgan Andersen. But to complicate matters, Chelsea issued a counter-claim suggesting that they already had an agreement with Mikel and his representatives. Just after the midfielder turned 18 years old, he was seemingly bought by United after the club announced that they had struck a deal with Lyn - a Norwegian side. Lyn denied this before the news emerged that the club did in fact have an agreement in place and that the side’s manager - which was at the time Jose Mourinho - had been a fan of the player. But Mikel was banded into a United press conference, and pictures were taken of him holding the United shirt, the number 21, and smiling.

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Praises and appreciation na im dey come from fans and odas as John Mikel Obi announce im retirement from football.

I look forward to what the future holds and I hope say you go waka with me. "I dey wish you di best as you retire today. “Dis no be goodbye, it’s the start of anoda journey, another chapter of my life. I dey miss u Baba Thank u for dat wonderful journey. Love you Georgie Boy." Mikel say e dey "very satisfied with all di tins e dey able to achieve" during di years e spend for di game.

Mikel John Obi sparked a transfer saga in the mid-2000s when he could have signed for Manchester United, and so it's worth pondering how differently things ...

Much has been made of Jose Mourinho’s decision to deploy him as a holding midfielder, but in truth, his skill set and physical attributes always lent themselves to the role. It was for this reason that Ferguson pulled out all the stops to sign midfielder Hargreaves from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2007. Time and again, the hosts exploited the space between the lines of United’s defence and midfield, and Michael Carrick in particular endured a difficult evening. Despite arriving San Siro with a slender advantage and on the back of a rousing comeback in the first leg, the Red Devils were swatted aside 3-0 in the rain. His influence at Stamford Bridge also rose steadily, and whereas he fulfilled a more sparing role in the early years, come the improbable run to glory in Europe in 2012 he had become firmly established as a first-teamer. While Chelsea marginally shaded the trophy haul in terms of pure numbers then, it is clear that neither party came off significantly worse on that front from the messy break-up.

John Obi MIkel: As John Obi Mikel calls time on his storied career, GOAL's Ed Dove examines the player he could have been.

On paper, the most defensive minded of Chelsea’s midfield three, Mikel often moved up the pitch, ahead of Lampard and Meireles, to close down Xavi. The circumstances of Mikel’s transfer from Lyn Oslo are still somewhat shrouded in controversy, but when the dust settled, despite photographs taken in a United shirt, the road led to Stamford Bridge. Indeed, the case of Joe Cole suggests that among his many qualities as a manager, Mourinho might be lacking the ability to capitalise on, and develop, a talented young prospect. Some Nigerians began to see in Mikel the eventual successor to Jay-Jay Okocha, fanciful as that would ultimately seem. Such comparisons deserve a context, certainly, but it’s hard to look beyond the reality that while Messi broke every scoring record under the sun, Mikel was left picking up scraps for Raul Meireles. It’s easy for English and European audiences to forget that the player was originally an attacking talent. Yet, with Mikel, there remains a lingering doubt he never dazzled at the top level of football in the way he could have done. ‘Nature’ is clearly in effect here, but it’s hard to deny that ‘nurture’ has also greatly influenced proceedings. In the final, before over 24,000 fans, it was Argentina who emerged victorious, two Messi penalties either side of a Chinedu Obasi strike giving the South Americans their fifth U-20s title. Going into the match, the two nations had experienced very different tournaments; a defeat to USA in their opening game aside, Argentina had been imperious. Nigeria, on the other hand, were only just beginning to demonstrate their superiority; a semi-final rout of Morocco coming after an arduous, if exciting, tournament. As Xavi once said ‘I don’t ever want to compare Messi to anyone else – it just isn’t fair.

Didier Drogba has reacted to John Obi Mikel announcing his retirement, naming his best ever Chelsea performance.

Mikel may not be a household name like the aforementioned superstars to play in West London, but you can’t underestimate how good he was at his job. His 120 minute performance didn’t get the headlines like teammates Drogba and Petr Cech, but his tireless work in the centre of the park deserves so much appreciation. It’s great to hear Mikel showered in praise in the aftermath of his retirement, but at the time he was definitely underrated in the Chelsea set up.