Mikel John Obi Quotes
born 1987 Nigeria
Mikel John Obi (born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna; 22 April 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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The Championship is like war. Every game is tough and horrible. The Premier League is easier and people play easy.
Mikel Obi said: “I feel highly honoured to be appointed as Youth Ambassador of this country, it is a great feeling.
I’ve never been a Ronaldo fan really. For me, when a player has so much ego, I don’t really get it. He’s never been one of my favourite players and that’s why I always go for Messi really.
Mikel Arteta knows he has to play some attractive football this season. You can’t play the same way you played last season.
“I am happy with this partnership and I promise to do my best to encourage and inspire the youths towards national development, not just in football but in other sports like Basketball, Boxing among others.”
If you don’t want to play together, you are welcome to leave. It’s amazing now to go to camp. You can feel the good feelings.
“It almost got to people being pinned up against dressing-room walls, although not quite. It was confrontation and arguments. Players wanted to do their own thing and they didn’t think about the team.
There was no plane to take us to Brazil because there was in-fighting behind the scene of who was going to pick up the tab.
The relationships between the players were not good and there was no discipline. There was no good feeling, no good vibe.
The coach and myself, as captain, have tried to make these young players realise that we are a team, not individuals
I think him and Declan Rice in that midfield, and Martin Odegaard is going to be good.
"He is going to be a good signing for Arsenal.
His idol is Drogba. He will want to break records, win us trophies, get us back to the top, come for Drogba’s records. I’m telling you that would be his mission.
The FA didn’t want to pick up the tab, the government I think released the money, but the FA or whoever the money got into his hands refused to release the money.
That’s going to be the question, but when you have Messi, I don’t know what the guy eats. I don’t know what he eats because every time you think it is finished, he comes up with something spectacular.
So we waited at the airport from morning till night but there was no flight. I had to pay for that flight to take us to Brazil. And these are little things.