charlesemeka85:
you won’t blame him bro. The kid wanted a better offer to help family back home

Do you know even when the Chelsea and man United debacle on his transfer was still not resolved your Barca wanted to snatch him

TheGoodJoe:


One hundred percent. I had no doubt in my mind.

When Mikel pulled off this skill, Chelsea fans were shocked at his capability. He was never given the chance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL4QV5v2iCM

TheGoodJoe:


One hundred percent. I had no doubt in my mind.

When Mikel pulled off this skill, Chelsea fans were shocked at his capability. He was never given the chance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL4QV5v2iCM

andrewbaba44:


Mikel was just too relaxed playing for Chelsea

He feels he doesn’t need to do anything more or keep improving

andrewbaba44:


Wow ,are you serious about the Barca ?

Never heard Barca where interested then though

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TheGoodJoe:


On a serious note, Sniper has led to the death of a lot of people. I am also guilty of some suicide memes. It is time we drop it. It is really no more healthy to make jokes with it. It never was.

Thank you.

Ppogbae:


The word is very powerful. We may have debates filled with animus, but anything related to death is where we draw the line. If you have an issue with someone, call them out and contend their arguments rather than attacking them personally.

charlesemeka85:
yes of course, Barca and other top European teams were waiting behind to pounce before the issue was resolved.

It was even reported that an agent met him with a large sum of money cash and promised more if he signed for an unnamed top club in Europe but he declined because then Chelsea hv been spending on him and his family back home

This happened when it was rumoured that he was kidnapped but was housed in London by Chelsea management

Brother shun, Chelsea really spoilt mikel with money and comfort even before he signed for them

charlesemeka85:
not exactly but mikel would hv been a top CAM in European club football

charlesemeka85:
mikel always had that elegance in his game but was restricted by Jose and Chelsea

Mike growing up was too smooth on the ball with football intelligence beyond his age

He is blessed but never reached his full potentials

AndSunGorilla:

I did say without Zizzou's goals. I don't think Zidane showed the kind of potentials Mikel showed at 17 or the U20s. If he had like a Mancini, Pellegrini, Ranieri or even Klopp as coach, you would have been stunned at what he could have become. Mikel' vision is extraordinary. Just a coach who truly believed in him, maybe he would have been another african contender for the ballon d'or alongside Weah, Eto Fils and Yaya. Mikel wasn't the typical African agidi player. He was a ballet dancer, smooth, silky looks a bit languid but very strong on the ball, difficult to take the ball away from him. For me, his ability to pick out a pass and send out accurate defense unlocking passes was nothing else but a gift.
I think he was just too passive and docile, he no get ego like Yaya or small craze like Essien. I remember one video wey Onazi dey make fun of Mikel in dressing room , more like he was too soft, person need small craze for this life honestly. Most highly successful people dey get small craze and stubbornness, I think that was maybe what Mikel lacked. Just my opinion.

12large1:
Nigerians are mad by blaming Mourinho for mikel lack of attacking prowess. Mikel played under mourinho as as a dm for 2/5 seasons and if he wasn’t excited about his position, he could had initiated it to his agent and signed for another team after mourinho left. To me, mikel career is a success and no one can tell whether he would had succeed at manchester

andrewbaba44:


I know this story sha ,I no just hear the Barca part

And yes if Man U where interested in Mikel then any Europe top club can also be so the Barca part should be true because they Mikel transfer saga too dry controversial

John OLA Shittu Mikel agent then is not a straight forward person

TheGoodJoe:


It is not only Mikel. It has always happened. From Oruma. Wilson Oruma was gifted without measure. But groove. Etim Esin? Groove despite all the talent. Okocha, he wanted money. Chose to move to Turkey instead of fighting for a move in a top European side. Kanu Nwankwo, heart problem. Igeniwari George, killed by a stray bullet after scoring a hat trick.

From Kelechi Osunwa, Abdulrasheed Ajagun. See what happened to Iheanacho and Kelechi Nwakali. Groove.

charlesemeka85:
yes of course, Barca and other top European teams were waiting behind to pounce before the issue was resolved.

It was even reported that an agent met him with a large sum of money cash and promised more if he signed for an unnamed top club in Europe but he declined because then Chelsea hv been spending on him and his family back home

This happened when it was rumoured that he was kidnapped but was housed in London by Chelsea management

Brother shun, Chelsea really spoilt mikel with money and comfort even before he signed for them

charlesemeka85:
bros I Dey mention gifted players u Dey mention carpenters

TheGoodJoe:


Mikel did not want to stay in Chelsea. He knew he found a home in Manchester United. That is why when he came to Chelsea, he had a very bad start. Getting drunk and coming late to training. He was not happy. It was the likes of Drogba and Kalu that talked him out of it.

charlesemeka85:
bros I Dey mention gifted players u Dey mention carpenters

TheGoodJoe:


I watched Ajagun's breakthrough in Shell Cup. He was the top goal scorer before the finals. In the finals, against Oinkrama grammar school, he scored a hat trick.

Even when he was in Keshi's U20, Keshi kept him on the bench for whatever reason. When we were eliminated in the first round, Keshi gave him a substitution chance to play and he played well. Had Nigerian fans shouting and capped it up with a brilliant goal.

But series of things happened like the Keshi incident, we did not get to see Ajagun shine. When Ajagun got a run in the NPFL, he claimed the golden boot. That guy was a special striker but one thing or the other, the world never got to see him in full gear.

TheGoodJoe:


It is not true. He hardly had the chance and the European coaches were wicked. A good example was during Chelsea's Europa League I think Semifinals. Benitez told David Luiz to play defensive midfield and wanted to experiment with Mikel in the creative midfield role.

Davild Luiz left his role and took the creative midfield role. Mikel had to sit to defend the team and criticised Luiz for that move after the game.

What did Benitez do? Punished Mikel by benching him in the final. If it was a White kid, it won't happen.

charlesemeka85:
bros I Dey mention gifted players u Dey mention carpenters

TheGoodJoe:


I watched Kelechi Osunwa's breakthrough in the golden eaglets. After the selection of the U17 team for Trinidad and Tobago, there was a frienldy for them in Calabar.

Bright Stars of Port harcourt had won a tournament in Abuja with some scintillating displays. So they were selected for a friendly.

When the game started, Calabar stood still. What happened was the unleashing of a hitman. Kelechi Osunwa who was the highest goal scorer in Abuja.

I think that match ended 4-0 and Kelechi Osunwa stole the show with a hat trick. His last goal was memorable and they had to take some Bright Stars players to camp.

I had no doubt that if Osunwa had landed that U17, he would have become a sensation. That golden boot Sinama Pongolle won was Osunwa's. Unfortunately, he was slightly over age. I think he had just turned 18 and had registered in Uniport remedial program to prepare for jam.

The media clamped hard on him and he got dropped.

Even when Musa Abdullahi became coach of Dolphins, (he was the coach of the golden Eaglets of Trinida and Tobago U17), he signed Osunwa to Dolphins and the guy netted the golden boot.

Osunwa once said, I never played in a league were I was not the top scorer. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to do it in a European club.

charlesemeka85:
bros I Dey talk of players that made it to top leagues and clubs in Europe not the unfortunate ones that I didn’t see play

charlesemeka85:
bros I Dey talk of players that made it to top leagues and clubs in Europe not the unfortunate ones that I didn’t see play

charlesemeka85:
bros I sabi kelechi osunwa wella. And he was nothing special

TheGoodJoe:


If not Babawo Mohammed and Kashimawo Laloko, you might never know Mikel. When someone tells you about him, you would have said carpenter.

TheGoodJoe:


How can you say that? How was he not special? Even when he went to Sudan, he broke records in their league. Explain how he was not special.

charlesemeka85:
bros I sabi kelechi osunwa wella. And he was nothing special