Former Super Eagles Captain Mikel Obi Names Two Former Chelsea Players As His Best Teammates

• Mikel Obi played at London club Chelsea between 2006 and 2017 and the Nigerian superstar reminisces his moment at the Stamford Bridge
• Having won the Champions League with the Blues in 2012, Mikel disclosed that John Terry and Didier Drogba were his best teammates
• The midfielder has returned to Nigeria and is working on setting up the Back2Base talent hunt in order to give back to the society

Former Nigerian international Mikel Obi has declared that his favourite teammates during his active days were Chelsea legends Didier Drogba and John Terry.

The 35-year-old played for Premier League club Chelsea between 2006 and 2017 and was part of the squad that won the coveted Champions League trophy during the 2011/2012 season.

The former Super Eagles captain has returned to Nigeria to set up the Back2Base talent hunt in his bid to give back to society.

During an interactive session on a show at radio station Naija FM 102.7 in Lagos, Mikel stated that Terry and Drogba were his best teammates.

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Nigerian outlet Vanguard had reported how Mikel reacted the first day he joined the Blues’ training session. In 2016, Mikel said:

“I came into the dressing room that day literally shaking,’ he recalls. ‘I saw the players that were in there – the likes of John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Claude Makelele, Geremi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko – it was crazy. And I was just 19.

“I was shaking the whole day because I couldn’t talk to any of them. I didn’t know what to say to guys like that. They were really nice guys, but it was scary. It can be tough coming into a dressing room like that as a younger player. You had to earn the right to be among them.”

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Meanwhile, Sports Brief earlier reported that former Nigerian international Mikel Obi was at the famous Unilag Sports Complex for his Back2Base talent hunt programme, which kicked off on Thursday, June 9.

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The Nigerian ex-international and former Chelsea star, along with his partners, launched a three-day talent hunt programme in Lagos.

And after the event, Khalid took to Instagram to celebrate the moment he met with his ‘idol’ who won the Champions League with the English club Chelsea in 2012.