{"id":96028,"date":"2023-11-13T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96028"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:26:10","slug":"victor-osimhen-is-coming-to-chelsea-claims-john-obi-mikel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/victor-osimhen-is-coming-to-chelsea-claims-john-obi-mikel\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Osimhen is &apos;coming to Chelsea&apos; claims John Obi Mikel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Victor Osimhen is &#8216;coming to Chelsea next season&#8217; claims John Obi Mikel as the Blues legend tells the Napoli striker he is going to &#8216;broker that deal&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Victor Osimhen has been told that he will be joining Chelsea in the summer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ex-Blues midfielder John Obi Mikel attempted to convince the Napoli striker<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>City had their pants pulled down by a development team &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Obi Mikel has attempted to convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea and told the Napoli striker that he is going to &#8216;broker that deal&#8217; with his former club.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel starred for Chelsea during a career spanning over a decade at Stamford Bridge where he made 372 appearances for the club and won the Champions League along with four Premier League titles.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian retired from professional football last year and was speaking with his fellow countryman, Osimhen, in a bid to lure the striker to the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen idolised legendary Chelsea striker Didier Drogba as a youngster and has been tipped to leave Napoli in the summer amid the club&#8217;s poor run of form and a breakdown in his relationship with the Scudetto champions.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel was joined by the 24-year-old on his Obi One podcast and used part of the show to try and convince Osimhen that Chelsea should be his next destination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/18\/77749999-12744299-image-a-1_1699900261467.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been told that he will be joining Chelsea in the summer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/18\/77750013-12744299-image-a-2_1699900265323.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osimhen is believed to have had a breakdown in his relationship with Napoli this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/18\/77750503-12744299-image-a-3_1699900364304.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has attempted to convince Osimhen to join his former club<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, Chelsea are expected to move for a new centre forward in the summer despite already having Nicolos Jackson and Christopher Nkunku in their squad.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrating his savvy recruitment tactics, Mikel told Osimhen that he was &#8216;100% coming to Chelsea&#8217; despite there being likely interest from a host of Premier League and European clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not the time to go to Saudi,&#8217; Mikel explained to Osimhen after the striker revealed he had received offers from the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Next season I know you&#8217;re going to come to Chelsea. I&#8217;m going to be the agent to broker that deal. You&#8217;re 100% coming to Chelsea!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You are 100% going to Chelsea next season because we are crying out for someone like you since the big man left, Didier Drogba, we haven&#8217;t had anybody with that figure and stature and can score goals in big games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel like you are that person and fits in with what we want to achieve at that club.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen stopped short of committing his future to the Blues or any other club but did reveal the two Premier League shirts he had as a young boy growing up.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the English top-flight is the most-watched league in Nigeria and has friends who are fans of both Man United and Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/18\/77750847-12744299-image-a-5_1699901076859.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel told Osimhen that he will help &#8216;broker the deal&#8217; to bring the striker to Stamford Bridge<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=BF175kLH5YA%3Frel%3D0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/18\/77750507-12744299-image-a-4_1699900390584.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osimhen helped guide Napoli to the Scudetto title last season and has been linked with a move to the Premier League<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had two jersey&#8217;s from my brother when I was a kid &#8211; Chelsea and Manchester United,&#8217; said Osimhen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I was playing grassroots [I was compared to Didier Drogba]. We used to use my brothers phone [to watch Drogba].\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would then go on the pitch and try to [emulate] at his game [and learn]. I still watch Drogba&#8217;s comps now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen&#8217;s existing contract with Napoli runs until 2025 meaning the club are in a strong position to negotiate a high price for his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12744299\/Victor-Osimhen-coming-Chelsea-season-claims-John-Obi-Mikel-Blues-legend-tells-Napoli-striker-going-broker-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen is &#8216;coming to Chelsea next season&#8217; claims John Obi Mikel as the Blues legend tells the Napoli striker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Victor Osimhen is &amp;apos;coming to Chelsea&amp;apos; 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