Nigeria international and captain of the Super Eagles Mikel Obi has completed a move to English Championship club Middlesbrough after passing his medical test on Tuesday, January 22.

German club Wolfsburg and Italian giants Roma were said to be closely monitoring Mikel Obi for the possibility of getting his signature, but the former Chelsea star decided to return to England.

According to the report by UK Sun, Mikel Obi traveled to the United Kingdom on Tuesday morning, January 22, before he had his medical examination at the Riverside stadium.

Mikel Obi has been playing in the Chinese Super League for the past two years with Tianjin Teda after leaving English Premier League side Chelsea where he won two English topflight titles.

The report added that Boro decided to sign Mikel so that he can help the team in their fight to return to the Premier League division.

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