Mikel

The Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel played in last season's difficult win at Stoke, where Chelsea scored twice in the last few minutes to turn around a one goal deficit, and believes that the team can beat them again today. "I feel the…

I have found it very hard to take this move to buy Pirlo seriously, and think that there is absolutely no reason in the world for Chelsea to buy a 30-year-old midfielder, when we have an overabundance of even better players already at the…

John Obi Mikel has been talking about how pleased he is that Chelsea have given him a contract extension that will keep him tied to the club until 2014, and is looking forward to the new season under Ancelotti. He said yesterday: "I think…