Premier League giant, Chelsea have taken out time to celebrate one of their greatest midfielder of all time, John Obi Mikel, in his 33th birthday.
The Stamford Bridge outfit took to their official Twitter page on Wednesday to post a picture of the former Olympic gold medalist and Super Eagles captain in action for the Blues. Mikel, who is currently without a club now joined Chelsea 14 years ago.
The midfielder left Stamford Bridge in January 2017 after winning two Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and a host of other honours.
“The birthday boy,” Chelsea tweeted. “Have a great day, Mikel John Obi!”
Confederation of African Football CAF also took to their official Twitter handle and wrote: “Former national team captain, 2013 Total AFCON winner, Three third-place medals. “Happy Birthday to Nigeria’s retired midfielder, John Obi Mikel!”
In the same vein, The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, wrote: “A big birthday shout out to former @NGSuperEagles captain and AFCON2013 winner, @mikel_john_ob. Thank you for the memories, and do have a good one.”
