Mikel Obi, Former Midfielder, Reveals Intimate Secrets

<p><em>Mikel Obi reveals intimate secrets<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the success former Super Eagles midfielder&comma; Mikel Obi recorded during his days in active football has roots in some divine connection with the right persons&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In an exclusive interview&comma; disclosed how Michael Essien played a key role in helping him to adjust to life at Chelsea&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mikel joined the Blues in 2006 and didn’t leave the Blues until 2017&comma; where he won the UEFA Champions League&comma; FA Cup&comma; Premier League&comma; UEFA Europa League&comma; Community Shield and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Football League Cup<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In an interview with The Athletic&comma; Mikel said that a former Ghanaian international made him have a lot of confidence in the game&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Suddenly&comma; I was sharing a dressing room with all these players I had watched on television back in Africa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was sitting next to Lassana Diarra&period; I would be there thinking&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Oh my God&comma; it’s Didier Drogba&period; It’s Frank Lampard&period; It’s John Terry’&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Michael Essien &lbrack;who joined Chelsea from Lyon in the summer of 2005&rsqb; really helped me&period; Michael always told me I was a good player and just reminded me to bring the ball down&comma; control and pass&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you need to dribble&comma; dribble&period; If you don’t need to&comma; just pass&period; You are strong&period; You are fast&comma; too&period; If you can&comma; just push the ball past and run&comma; run&comma; run because they cannot catch you&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was the guy who really helped me and made me have a lot of confidence&comma;” he disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born on April 22&comma; 1987&comma; <strong>Mikel <&sol;strong> Obi began his career with local club Plateau United&comma; before joining Norwegian club Lyn at the age of 17 in 2004&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In 2006&comma; he made a controversial transfer to English club Chelsea after Manchester United claimed they had already signed him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He stayed with Chelsea for 11 years&comma; before moving to China with Tianjin TEDA in 2017&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After two years in China&comma; he returned to England on a short-term deal with Middlesbrough&comma; before joining Trabzonspor on a free transfer in July 2019&period; Mikel moved back to England in August 2020 joining Stoke City&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a 14-year international career between 2005 and 2019&comma; he played 91 times for Nigeria&comma; scoring six goals<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;