One former Chelsea midfielder has been speaking to the media this week and some of his responses have really created some gold content!
John Obi Mikel has always been such a character and he became a bit of a cult hero at Chelsea as a result. The fans loved him and really, he was quite an under rated player come the end.
Mikel didn’t actually stop playing pro too long ago, but he has now taken up Podcasting. He has been promoting his show on talkSPORT today, and he was also speaking about some very interesting situations when he was at Chelsea as a player.
When Rafa Benitez joined Chelsea as manager, fans hated it, and it seems like even some of the players did as well.
It was a pretty big celebration when the former Liverpool manager got sacked at Chelsea, and according to Mikel, it was the captain John Terry who made that happen!
John Obi Mikel on Rafael Benítez:
"I think there was something about Rafa and the fans that the fans didn’t take to him. Same as the players, we didn’t accept him as one of us."
"JT got together by himself and decided yeah, your time is gone!"#CFC
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— Chelsea Dodgers (@TheBlueDodger) November 8, 2023
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