Hamilton 2,120 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Mikel signed a new 5-year deal today..edit, Choul beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONI. 1,291 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce John Mikel Obi has signed a new five-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2017.The midfielder has been a first-team regular since arriving as a 19-year-old in the summer of 2006.Mikel made his debut that August, and has gone on to make 261 appearances, 213 as a starter. In that time he has scored twice.Originally an attack-minded midfielder, it was Jose Mourinho who saw the defensive potential in the player, and he has since been used as an anchorman after learning from the great Claude Makelele in his early Chelsea days.The 25-year-old won the club's Young Player of the Year award in his first season. Since then he has collected four FA Cup medals, one Barclays Premier League, a Carling Cup and of course the Champions League, where in the Final in May he played an important role in keeping Bayern Munich at bay.Upon signing his new deal, the Nigerian international said: 'Chelsea seems like my home now because I have been here for over six years and I enjoy my time here. I come into the training ground every day to work and I value my time there. I am happy and want to keep going and win trophies for this club.'I have basically won everything with Chelsea and those years have been really special for me, winning trophies with big names like Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard who have had very long Chelsea careers.'Last season to win the Champions League was even more special,' he added, 'and I hope these next five years will bring even more success and I can win trophies with the new players we have here.'Being 25 I think I am now hitting my peak but as a player you want to improve every day and there is still room for that. I want to learn from the players and the manager and I just want to keep going.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 A new five year deal for Obi! http://www.chelseafc...years-for-mikelFirst good news in a long while.Kojo where are you? Sheva. and SeB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I always slated him in the past. But he has really developed however and even though he makes some mistakes and gets agitated easily, he does play some real good football sometimes and keeps the ball well. Its a shame he thinks he is reaching his peak though, I thought he would keep improving for a little while longer. Glad to have him here and will be a good member to have in the squad if we decide to buy someone else for his role. Kezza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Is it a good news ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 :cry: :cry: Backstreet09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 :cry: Backstreet09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,916 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Maybe we're just giving him this new deal to make him feel better when we buy Fellaini to take his spot in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I merged the topics to keep the discussion in one place.Maybe we're just giving him this new deal to make him feel better when we buy Fellaini to take his spot in January. Not sure if serious or sarcastic.. DONI. and TorontoChelsea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 WHY GOD WHY!!!! Shaan and Backstreet09 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 He is not that bad anymore dude. Not amazing but he has definitely improved the last 2 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Excellent news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 A new five year deal for Obi! http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3001387/title/five-more-years-for-mikelFirst good news in a long while.Wtf? Not sure if serious or sarcastic.Amost as bad as Benitez being appointed new manager. Kojo and xPetrCechx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Mikel deserved his extension, I would only give him 4 years though. I think 5 years is a bit of an overreaction, I am so sure he has 5 years left!Mikel is a great player, even if we dont place him as hands down our first choice DM, he would still make an amazing backup DM. He does have a lot to offer to Chelsea in the upcoming years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,916 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Now I'm really hoping Super Frank does indeed move on. If not, our thick board will give him a new contract too and we'll be content with this sluggish midfield for another 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 He is not that bad anymore dude. Not amazing but he has definitely improved the last 2 seasons.We are Chelsea, Champions Of Europe. We need amaizing Players.Wtf? Not sure if serious or sarcastic.Amost as bad as Benitez being appointed new manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 For free? sure. But we need someone Better if we want to dominate the mid...Okay, he goes and we bring someone in. We are still slim in the mid field. Lampard is injured, what if (insert new midfielder here) or Rami got injured, we only have Romeu or we would have to bring Oscar back to Mikels postion. Letting Mereiles go was dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 one of the better players in the team this season deserves the contract Joker10, TorontoChelsea and SeB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Mikel is slightly above average with the ball.. and very below average without it. That is Mikel in a nut shell and that is simply not good enough for the Champions of Europe. Backstreet09, xPetrCechx, Kojo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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