Former Super Eagles of Nigeria captain, Mikel Obi has leaped to the defense of his former Side Chelsea with whom he won it all during his playing career as he backs the club who are obviously going through a massive transition to come back stronger and better.
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The veteran midfielder joked that Chelsea needs to ‘bring back’ some of the club’s retired stars as per Hayters TV, he joked following his participation in the Legends of Europe match in memory of the late Gianluca Vialli.
However, the former Chelsea star did then insist that the club would be fine as long as the players “gel together”.
The Nigerian added: “They are fine, they will be fine. I think the club is obviously going through a massive transition so we need to give them time. There are a lot of good, fantastic young players.”
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“We need to give them time, we need to make sure they get time to work on the training ground and start to gel together as a team.”
“Once we are able to do that, I think we will be back competing again but it is going to take us a bit of time.”
The London club have won just one of their opening four matches.
