John Obi Mikel Man United

The jet heeled super eagles forward now has only joseph yobo and vincent enyeama in front of him in nigeria s all time appearance chart ahmed musa surpassed john obi mikel as the third most.

John obi mikel man united. One of the more controversial transfers that manchester united has had in the past few years is that of john obi mikel. Mikel john obi sparked a transfer saga in the mid 2000s and so it s worth pondering how differently things might have turned out had he gone to manchester united. John obi mikel has revealed he rejected manchester united in favour of joining chelsea because the london club were prepared to sign three more nigerian players. After impressing for nigeria at the fifa under 17 world cup.

Manchester united s two year long pursuit of john obi mikel began with an invitation for the entire nigerian under 17 squad to train at their carrington complex ahead of the 2003 fifa u 17 world youth championships. Mikel began his career with local club plateau united before joining norwegian club lyn at the age of 17 in 2004. John obi mikel born 22 april 1987 is a nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for efl championship club stoke city. Mikel was 18 and playing for.

Now more than ten years on john obi mikel finally reveals what really happened when he signed for both manchester united and chelsea. John obi mikel didn t always get the credit he deserved during his 11 year spell in the premier league with chelsea. The reds were the first european club to express an interest in the player. John obi mikel s agent has revealed it is 50 50 as to whether the midfielder will leave chelsea in january.

John mikel obi has opened up on the sensational tussle for his signature as a youngster 9 mikel actually signed a deal with manchester united but was later prised away by chelsea the move got far.