Footballers are hardly very active on social media and as a result, they are rarely found in an awkward position such as the one that happened to former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel after the Nigerian was tricked to believing a fake quote from Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves on the Internet.

Former Nigeria international midfielder Joh Obi Mikel has revealed that it still hurts him how the Super Eagles were knocked out of the tournament. Following a stunning performance in all of their group games which saw them become the only team to win every single game in the group stages, Nigeria suffered a miserable 1-0 defeat at the hands of Tunisia in their first game of the knockout rounds. Tunisia and Nigeria were drawn against each other in the round of 16 but even though the latter were expected to go through to the next round, the former were the ones who sealed qualification by a goal to nil.

Chelsea announced that they won’t be renewing the contract of John Obi Mikel who spent eleven years at the club. The announcement was made on November 4, 2016. He left the club at the end of his contract in West London in the summer of 2017. While he was still a Chelsea player, Chinese team Tianjin TEDA revealed that they have signed the Nigerian midfielder on a free transfer on January 6, 2017. He was at Tianjin TEDA until November 2018 when the 2018 Chinese Super League season ended.

John Obi Mikel was in the Chelsea squad that saw off rivals Manchester United on penalties to win the 2009 FA Community Shield. The retired Nigerian international was in the Chelsea starting line-up for the Manchester United game as far as the 2009 FA Community Shield is concerned.

Manchester United qualified to play in the 2009 FA Cup Community Shield after winning the 2008/09 Premier League title, while Chelsea were the 2008/09 FA Cup champions. The 2009 FA Community Shield was a repeat of the 2007 FA Community Shield which ended in a penalty shootout.

In-form Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has named John Obi Mikel and Didier Drogba as his football idols. The Super Eagles player mentioned Ivorian football icon Drogba and John Obi Mikel as his football idols while he was on William Troost-Ekong’s YouTube page.

Ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has revealed the attack on him from John Mikel Obi shortly after he was the centre referee for the Premier League clash between Chelsea and Manchester United.

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It is the dream of every club in Europe to get their hands on the UEFA Champions League title and whenever any club does achieve that feat, it is usually a sensational feeling that the players have. It is the same feeling that the Chelsea players who all participated in the 2012 final had after their game against German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi opted to join Kuwait Sports Club rather than stay in the English Championship with Stoke City.

John Mikel Obi was a free agent when he joined the Potters last summer and he proved to be a good signing for the club. He was a regular in the Stoke City starting XI last season as the club failed to make enough push to secure a place in the playoffs. As a matter of fact, John Mikel Obi had the second most minutes amongst Stoke City players last season behind Harry Southar.

Former Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel has tipped the Nigerian national football team to put in a strong performance at the forthcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament which is set to start in a few months. The ex-Chelsea midfielder has revealed that even though he is no longer able to feature for Nigeria after already retiring from playing for the country, he still follows them closely and stated that they have a couple of excellent players in every department of the team.

Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi has signed a one-year contract extension at English Championship outfit Stoke City until 2022.Stoke City see the ex-Super Eagles player as an important member of their squad and they have decided to give him a contract extension.

John Mikel Obi, 34, would have been a free agent this summer if his contract was not extended as his previous deal was set to expire at the end of the month. The decision to extendhis contract was confirmed in a statement from the club.