Mikel John Obi

thumb|Mikel John Obi training with Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Mikel John Obi (born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna; 22 April 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Quotes Yeah, they probably think I was, you know, I'm a bit underrated. But it's not something that really got to me. I mean, I was just there doing my work, you know, enjoying playing football and enjoying being at the club. But when it comes down to the national team, I was always someone who is more, you can look at me as someone who was underrated. “I am happy with this partnership and I promise to do my best to encourage and inspire the youths towards national development, not just in football but in other sports like Basketball, Boxing among others.” Mikel Obi admits being an underrated player at Chelsea. pulsesports.ng, 7 April 2023. Mikel Obi said: “I feel highly honoured to be appointed as Youth Ambassador of this country, it is a great feeling. The Championship is like war. Every game is tough and horrible. The Premier League is easier and people play easy. INTERVIEW: My best Super Eagles coach is a Nigerian – Mikel. Premium Times (Nigeria), 2 July 2022. I’ve never been a Ronaldo fan really. For me, when a player has so much ego, I don’t really get it. He’s never been one of my favourite players and that’s why I always go for Messi really. “It’s just horrible” – Former Chelsea hero Mikel Obi reveals true feelings about Cristiano Ronaldo following Man United exit. soccernet.ng, 24 November 2022. There were massive problems in the camp and that’s why the president got upset The relationships between the players were not good and there was no discipline. There was no good feeling, no good vibe. “It almost got to people being pinned up against dressing-room walls, although not quite. It was confrontation and arguments. Players wanted to do their own thing and they didn’t think about the team. There were a lot of problems in the camp which a lot of people didn’t see, the media didn’t see – we kind of hid it under the table, I have been in the national team since 2005 and I haven’t seen this discipline before. It is meetings, being on time, the training. Sometimes a player has the hump because he knows he is not going to make the team and, before in the national team, he just strolls around. Now, you have to train properly. If you don’t, you are leaving the camp. The coach has changed the whole mentality. If you don’t want to play together, you are welcome to leave. It’s amazing now to go to camp. You can feel the good feelings. The coach and myself, as captain, have tried to make these young players realise that we are a team, not individuals, Mikel Arteta knows he has to play some attractive football this season. You can’t play the same way you played last season. I think him and Declan Rice in that midfield, and Martin Odegaard is going to be good. "He is going to be a good signing for Arsenal. That’s what a lot of the Arsenal fans were saying: it doesn’t matter how we win it, let’s just cross the line and then we can talk about next season and how we want to play. "" They’re settled, they have a manager who has been there for so many years, he’s built a team and a squad that has gone on to win the Premier League. It doesn’t matter how they won it, they finally crossed the line. The club chose not to pursue it, then, well, fair enough, good luck to them. But the good thing about it is we know where we left it; we can literally pick the phone up and get him straight in the door. Get him in! His idol is Drogba. He will want to break records, win us trophies, get us back to the top, come for Drogba’s records. I’m telling you that would be his mission. Listen, it will be really sad if we don’t get a player who supported us as a kid and wants to play for this football club "" So we waited at the airport from morning till night but there was no flight. I had to pay for that flight to take us to Brazil. And these are little things. The FA didn’t want to pick up the tab, the government I think released the money, but the FA or whoever the money got into his hands refused to release the money. There was no plane to take us to Brazil because there was in-fighting behind the scene of who was going to pick up the tab. When I represented my country at the Olympics in Brazil, we had to fly there, and we waited from morning till night, waiting for a plane to take us to Brazil That’s going to be the question, but when you have Messi, I don’t know what the guy eats. I don’t know what he eats because every time you think it is finished, he comes up with something spectacular. Argentina is coming through yet another difficult game, where they have been pushed to the limit. How much has Messi played, how much has been taken away from him mentally, psychologically, physically as well, Argentina is coming through yet another difficult game, where they have been pushed to the limit. How much has Messi played, how much has been taken away from him mentally, psychologically, physically as well, External links Mikel John Obi Category:1987 births Category:Soccer players from Nigeria Category:Living people