The
below is an exclusive interview with Nigeria Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi as
culled from http://www.sportskt.com (Kayoed
Tijani) regarding his relationship with this manager Shittu, his club, being
single and others.
PLAYING
WITH THE NEW SUPER EAGLES
Well,
if you look at the present Super Eagles, there’s been quite a lot of changes, I
think the players are starting to understand what it means to play for your
Country because I play with the biggest players in the World and I know they
look forward to playing for their Country whenever it time for international
matches they want to go back and play for their Country, they want to serve
their Country, then it makes me feel the same as well, it makes me want to play
for my Country
PLAYING
AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED
Really
it’s not what people think that I just get more pumped up against Manchester
United, it’s just the way the game is played here, I love playing against the
big clubs, I love playing against Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool. Big Games are
where people want to see where your level is, these are the game where you
really need to step up your game and prove you can play, and the Manchester
games? People have mentioned it to me because of what happened, because of the
whole controversy about who I was going to sign for at the beginning of my
career in England, well I won’t deny it, but it’s to me one of the big games.
WITH
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MANAGER JOHN SHITTU
John
Shittu have played a big part in my life, apart from football, when you are in
a working relationship with someone and it gets to a point when it’s no longer
just only a working relationship anymore, but goes beyond that, like a big
brother to me, when I go wrong, he corrects me, when I want to do something he
saws don’t do that, this is good for you, I listen to him quite a lot, I think
we have a very very good relationship going, it’s not just about the business
alone, I think its about me and him now you know, we understand each other, we
go out together, we have fun together, its not about business anymore, it’s
about someone who loves you, who cares about you, want to see the best for you.
When you are aged 18 and were in the situation that I was then during the
Chelsea-Manchester crisis, there were rumors here and there, I was sitting down
for a year, thinking, what am I going to do. He was the one who was there, I
got phone calls from people, from my family saying go to Manchester United etc,
but I think he was the one who stood by his words and said, he asked me what I
wanted and promised to get it for me. He told me, be specific and tell me what
you want, you want to go to Manchester United, I will take you there tomorrow
and I said NO, he asked you want to go to Chelsea I take you there and he
promised and delivered, you know right now I am happy where I am and all is
going well.
FINDING
A WIFE
I
know, normal people don’t go through what I am going through now when it
concerns finding a Wife to marry, normal people don’t at all. Believe me it’s
so so difficult, very difficult, it’s so difficult you just have to leave it to
God. To find someone who truly loves you, there might be someone who really
loves me truly for who I am but I may not be aware but maybe you don’t know but
you may think she’s one of them people that loves you for who you are or what
you have, because of your money, but maybe she’s there for you, you never know,
you get so confused, now I have decided I will just leave it to God to decide
who I get married to.
FIVE
BENTLEY’S RUMOR
One
thing is I really don’t go into the Nigerian Papers, not like I don’t care but
he called me, my Agent called me, he was in Nigeria and he said to me there’s
rumors that I have Bentley s, I am like what, five Bentley s, what am I going
to do with Five Bentley s, they are all same Cars Five Bentley s, I might have
five different colors them. I think it boils down to when you are doing really
well, when things are going well for you, you become what people don’t expect
you to become, what people don’t expect you to achieve, you know there’s always
going to be rumors flying here and there., it all depends on how well you
manage yourself though, you curtail yourself from things that are not right for
you, I want to play this game for a very long time, I love Chelsea, I will like
to finish my Career here at Chelsea but it depends on what happens, who comes
and goes, that’s football, we shall see what the future holds.
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