Mikel John Obi

[Leif 6,006]

Aint it illegal to just make up quotes from players out of thin air?

[Clevemayer 764]

Aint it illegal to just make up quotes from players out of thin air?

maybe thats why skysports homepage has deleted them...

[Beepu 1,714]

was scrolling through facebook and then say this headline from givemefootball.com "Drogba convinces Chelsea ace to leave west London!" First impression was

But then i saw it was Mikel so i calmed down. But anyway, not sure why everyone is so keen that he leaves. He hasnt been the best and but he hasnt been the worst either. I wouldnt say no to him leaving for 13m but the reaction from people here is kinda unexpected for me "please leave.." etc

[JDY 1,290]

The article on SS is still up. Apparently Sabah, the Turkish newspaper who reported it, have a history of making up news.

[Clevemayer 764]

The article on SS is still up. Apparently Sabah, the Turkish newspaper who reported it, have a history of making up news.

maybe you can reach the article by the lin of the twitter tweet but you won't find it anymore at they're official site for Chelsea

http://www1.skysports.com/football/teams/chelsea

[JDY 1,290]

maybe you can reach the article by the lin of the twitter tweet but you won't find it anymore at they're official site for Chelsea

http://www1.skysports.com/football/teams/chelsea

Indeed, that's what I meant. The article is still there but they removed it from the page.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8785123/Transfer-news-Chelsea-s-John-Obi-Mikel-claims-he-is-set-to-make-Galatasary-switch

If you fancy a laugh have a read through some of the comments at the bottom.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Mikel quotes confirmed to be fake.

#cfc say quotes attributed to Mikel claiming he will join Galatasaray are not his. Club say he has "not spoken on this subject".

— James Olley (@JamesOlley)

June 20, 2013

Olley, for those unfamiliar with him, is Chief Football Correspondent for the London Evening Standard

[The only place to be 11,313]

Mikel quotes confirmed to be fake.

#cfc

say quotes attributed to Mikel claiming he will join Galatasaray are not his. Club say he has "not spoken on this subject".

— James Olley (@JamesOlley)

June 20, 2013

Olley, for those unfamiliar with him, is Chief Football Correspondent for the London Evening Standard

Jesus...even his proposed transfer is slow-moving and tedious.

[Special Juan 27,439]

Wait, the quotes are false?

[bleed_blue 136]

always sounded too good to be true.

I still stand by my initial sentiment

No other club will be stupid enough to actually make a bid for John Obi Mikel (unless they have Emenalo/John Shittu as the men deciding their transfers)

[lucio 5,418]

ffs why is everything good in my life fake......................

[Sheva. 5,373]

always sounded too good to be true.

I still stand by my initial sentiment

No other club will be stupid enough to actually make a bid for John Obi Mikel (unless they have Emenalo/John Shittu as the men deciding their transfers)

The fuck? Emenalo didn't sign Mikel and has nothing to do with him - except the fact they both happen to come from the same country.

[didierforever 7,349]

does not any1 feel sad for the guy... he ll probably be leaving us without scoring a single PL goal.

[Tomo 21,733]

always sounded too good to be true.

I still stand by my initial sentiment

No other club will be stupid enough to actually make a bid for John Obi Mikel (unless they have Emenalo/John Shittu as the men deciding their transfers)

No other club was shrewd enough to sign KDB and Courtois for penuts and see their price doubled or even possibly trebled.

Emenalo was.

[Phil Driver 503]

I have every confidence their is truth in this story or at least we are anxious to sell .

1. Because Mikel is a poor player.

2. Mourinho is a top manager who knows what he is doing.

1+2 = Bye bye Mikel .

[Kostas 1,468]

This last page has been enjoyable to read, in a very juvenile/immature way. Mods can us 10 lads that rate him on here throw a party in this thread if its still in this section on the 1st of September?

David Luiz was an emergency midfielder because our squad was woefully short. He is not a midfielder. Please stop this nonsense, I never want to see him in midfield again. EVER.

Love the emphasis. I love the boy but I'm just as desperate.

[diskoviolente 425]

Didn´t Mourinho say back then that players like Kalou and Mikel are the future of football ? Mikel today is the player because of Mourinho. Why would he let him go, can´t see no reason other than Mikel really wants to go.

[Kostas 1,468]

The whole thing makes no sense. Usually such stories are a product of an agent trying to negotiate a new contract. With Mikel's last contract having been signed some 7 months ago I seriously doubt his side is the one causing the stir (if there is any).

I can see only 3 possibilities. Either Galata (or some other club) promised Mikel higher wages (unlikely) and his agent a decent fee, or the Mourinho desired to offload him and the media got a sniff of it (ha), or the journos made this up, threw in Galata for good measure, realized this is attracting clicks from a number of Chelsea fans and went with it.

Bonus: Of course it could also be the club deliberately misleading the media to their own end by leaking vague BS e.g. African CFC player to join ex teammate. (Remember the Italian ex-player to join AVB's staff and top english midfielder to ManUtd stories a while ago which had the media drooling over Zola and Lampard?)