Nigeria: Why Mikel is Yet to Join Chelsea - Shittu

26 July 2006

Lagos — John Mikel Obi is finally set to join his new colleagues at Stamford Bridge following the successful completion of visa requirements at the British high Commission in Abuja.

This cheering news was broken by the teenager's manager John Shittu, who also vehemently denied insinuations that perhaps there was a problem with the player's contract, which was why Obi has so far failed to take part in any Chelsea training session.

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