Why Mikel Obi's Career Is Taking A U-Turn

Football enthusiast, Mansur Abubakar
has expressed his opinion on Mikel
Obi's football career.
He explains that a thoughtless act, carried out by
Obi in 2006 is most likely the cause of his downfall.
He says,
"Mikel's problems started in 2006
when he was faced with the option of
either joining Sir Alex Ferguson's
Manchester United (which he already
had an agreement with) or joining
Mourinho's emerging Chelsea team
when the Roman Abramovich
revolution was massively taking
shape with stars like Frank Lampard,
Michael Essien, and Claude Makelele
forming the core of the blues midfield
at the time."
"Like most African players who go to
Europe in search of greener pastures,
the Plateau State-born player signed
for Chelsea, which offered more
money but altered his position to a
defensive midfield role instead of
going to Manchester United which
would have played him in his natural
position and allowed his career to
flourish.
"That single signature confirming his
contract with the London club in the
year 2006 killed and buried Mikel's
career as far as most people are
concerned because it meant he was
no longer the stand out he had
always been throughout his career,
instead becoming someone only
introduced to the game to stop others
from playing and "killing" the game.
A week ago, an irritated Mikel was in the news for
assaulting a reporter in Abuja.
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