Nigeria's Mikel Obi has been named among the best young footballers in the world today.

Mikel has become a shine star for Chelsea since the new English Premier League kicked off, and his performance has also received recognition having been rated among the best passers in the English elite league.

Other players mentioned in the top young talents include Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, Luis Suarez, Wayne Roone, Mesut Ozil, Gerard Pique, Joe Hart, Theo Walcott, Sergio Ramos, Thomas Vermaelen, Alexandre Pato, Alex Song, Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri and Gareth Bale

Others include Gregory Van Der Wiel, Thomas Mueller, Sergio Busquets, Yoann Gourcuff, David Silva, Angel di Maria, Simon Kjaer, Gonzalo Higuain, Pedro Rodriguez and Edin Dzeko.

It is said that the prime years of a footballer are from ages 26 to 29. However, there are a lot of marvelous footballers who are younger than the aforementioned age.

Most of these footballers are currently plying their trade at top football clubs and have caught the eye of many with their wonderful performances. Teams like Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and of late, Real Madrid have all got a lot of

youngsters in their starting XI, and these footballers will only continue to improve.

Olsson proud of West Brom fans for Odemwingie support Jonas Olsson is proud of West Bromwich Albion fans over their support for new teammate Peter Odemwingie.

Olsson spoke out in support of Odemwingie, who was subjected to racist jibes during his spell at Lokomotiv Moscow.

Albion fans funded a banner saying ‘Thanks Lokomotiv’ in response to a slogan displayed at a recent Moscow game, which said ‘Thanks West Brom’ and included a banana.

Olsson said: "We heard about the stick he got at Lokomotiv and credit to our fans for such great response.

Bring it on Mikel haters, keep hating while d young chap is progressing in his career by every passing day

Nothing exciting, except if your name is Mikel Obi

Africa mentality, had it been mikel is white guy d press could have overated him. Joke apart mikel remain one of d best midfielder in d world. The guy cant score bcoz d role he is playing is to protect d back four. Mikel dont even go for corner kick.