{"id":840051,"date":"2025-04-09T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/mikel-obi-makes-stunning-admission-about-osimhens-potential-move-to-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:11:58","slug":"mikel-obi-makes-stunning-admission-about-osimhens-potential-move-to-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/mikel-obi-makes-stunning-admission-about-osimhens-potential-move-to-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Obi makes stunning admission about Osimhen\u2019s potential move to Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has made a bold proclamation about his former side\u2019s interest in Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mikel, all season, has been advocating for Enzo Maresca\u2019s side to bring in another striker to rival Nicholas Jackson and provide competition in attack.<\/p>\n<p>The former Nigerian captain has also made it clear that Victor Osimhen should be the man to fill that void, as he\u2019ll automatically turn Chelsea into title contenders because of his goal-scoring abilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still trying to get him to try to come to the club. I\u2019m trying to press my buttons and see if we can get things done, hopefully, we never know,\u201d the 2012 UEFA Champions League winner said as previously reported by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/mikel-obi-chelsea-osimhen-galatasaray.html\">Soccernet.ng<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060394219-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155412\">Victor Osimhen during the Turkish Super League match between Besiktas and Galatasaray at Tupras Stadium in Istanbul on March 29 , 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/odumodublvck-arsenal-real-madrid.html\">Odumodublvck features in Arsenal promo video as Gunners rally supporters to trump Real Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/manchester-united-osimhen-ferdinand.html\">\u201cShow them how to do it\u201d \u2013 Six-time Premier League winner urges Manchester United to go all out for Osimhen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/mikel-hails-manchester-city-man-de-bruyne.html\">\u201cTop two or three\u201d- Ex-Super Eagles star pays tribute to Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153387\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1049674838-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153387\">Victor Osimhen of Nigeria during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON qualifier match between Nigeria and Benin Republic [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Osimhen is enjoying his loan spell with Galatasaray, Mikel has once again urged the Napoli loanee to fulfill his childhood dream of being Chelsea\u2019s next Didier Drogba.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt would be a great shame if we didn\u2019t get this player who has been a Chelsea supporter since childhood and wants to play for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis idol is Didier Drogba. He will want to break records, win titles, take us back to the top and beat Drogba\u2019s record. That would be his goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Chelsea decides not to invest in him, sure. Good luck, but we can literally pick up the phone and get him in. We should,\u201d the 2013 AFCON winner said on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6Err2U6bIy4a6MYqwOhrCh?si=DY0t4IZgSqK_PMT77MnAmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi One Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1059297361-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152557\">Victor Osimhen during the Turkish Superlig match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at the Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi stadium on Feb. 24.[Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite Chelsea\u2019s flunctuating form in the English Premier League this season, the Blues are currently 4th, and are gunning for a UEFA Champions League qualification spot, which is an improvement from where they finished last term.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/mikel-chelsea-osimhen.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has made a bold proclamation about his former side\u2019s interest in Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, Soccernet.ng reports. Mikel, all season, has been advocating for Enzo Maresca\u2019s side to bring in another striker to rival Nicholas Jackson and provide competition in attack. The former Nigerian captain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[397,35787,2005],"tags":[6605,84170],"class_list":{"0":"post-840051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-makes","8":"category-mikel","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-makes","11":"tag-mikel"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}