Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel has launched a scathing attack on club vice-captain Enzo Fernandez. This comes after the midfielder hinted at a move to Real Madrid, and fans have been reacting.
Questioning Enzo’s leadership and commitment to the Blues, Mikel noted that the World Cup winner’s comments were disgraceful, especially after the club just got dumped out of the UCL.
Obi added that even though the midfielder was clearly frustrated, he still had to respect the badge.
His words, “That’s not a leader. That’s something where if you have leaders, if you have leaders that players respect and look up to, you wouldn’t come out and make those statements.
You don’t make that statement after we’ve been disgracefully dumped out of the Champions League, wearing the captain armband. No player is bigger than the football club. If he’s had enough, put your hands up and f*ck off. And we move on.
You cannot come out and say that it doesn’t matter what is going on. You should be grateful you’re playing at a club like Chelsea Football Club. Because of the culture we built. I can understand there is a little bit of frustration, but you still have to respect the badge, you still have to respect the football club, you still have to respect the fans, because the fans are the ones who pay your wages.”
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Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge.
The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. The group was later known as BlueCo.
The UK government approved the £4.25bn takeover, ending Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club. Bruce Buck, who served as chairman since 2003, was replaced by Boehly, while long-serving club director and de facto sporting director Marina Granovskaia left, as did Petr Čech from the role of technical and performance advisor.
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