Mikel To Fight For Jersey At Chelsea

After all the speculations over where Nigeria international midfielder, John Obi Mikel, would be playing his football trade next season, he has finally announced that he would fight for his place at Barclays English Premier League club, Chelsea.


It would be recalled that Mikel lost his place in the Chelsea first team following the arrival of Serbian midfielder, Nemanja Matic, in January.

It was speculated that the Nigerian will be leaving Stamford Bridge this summer for new pastures but Mikel has decisively moved to quash suck speculations.

Only John Terry and Petr Cech have spent more years in Chelsea than Mikel.

Though Didier Drogba initially signed for the Blues two years before Mikel, but having been away for a couple of years, the West African pair will both be beginning their ninth campaign at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking on his illustrious career with Chelsea at the weekend, Mikel told the club’s official website, www.chelseafc.com: “I’ve been in this team for a long time now. I came when I was 18 and I’m 27 now. Time flies.

“I’ve seen the good times and I’ve enjoyed the good times with this team. At the same time I’ve shared bad times with the likes of John Terry and Petr Cech. There have been lots of good times in the nine years I’ve been here. Whenever there was a bad one we’ve always come together as a team and we’ve always managed to turn it around.”

Chelsea have splashed the cash this summer with Cesc Fabregas, Felipe Luis and Diego Costa among the latest arrivals and Mikel is looking forward to integrating with the new stars and help Chelsea win silverware.

“The character and the belief that we have in this team, from the players that have been here a long time, I’m sure that will transform into the new players. It’s always a big pressure playing for this club. You always expect to win trophies every year so I’m sure the new players that have come in will help us win more trophies.