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frowland:
Where was/is Kanu heart foundation in all of this?

Amcon seizied his properties, robbers carted away with his laurels and other stuff, he is fighting his own battle

He knows it was a mistake, motivated by the promise of unprecedented riches, but John Obi Mikel insists he has no regrets about spending the last two years in China.

It's difficult to consider a move that earns you £140,000-a-week a mistake, yet for a midfielder who had won the Champions League, the Premier League twice and three FA Cups during his 11 years at Chelsea, the move to Tianjin Teda FC felt like an admission his best years were behind him.

With hindsight, it was a premature call. Mikel, polite and respectful, cannot deny his spell in the Chinese Super League should serve as a warning to anyone who is tempted to accept the lucrative contracts on offer.

Reality hit as soon as he arrived in Tianjin, a coastal city of 15 million people in the north of the country. He would be well rewarded for leaving his family behind in London, but it was not professional football as he knew it.

“It was two years of a huge culture shock,” Mikel explained, having finished speaking at Middlesbrough's training ground to a group of refugees. “The food was a problem, the lifestyle, the style in which everything was done.

“When you have been at a club like Chelsea in the Premier League, for 11 years, it was very hard to adapt to how things were done. It isn’t at the elite level, let’s put it that way.

“The pitches were poor, stadiums are poor, and the medical facilities were not what I was used to. I’m not saying it’s all the Chinese clubs, some of them are quite professional, but the one I was at, it wasn’t as professional as it should have been. It became tough for me almost straight away.

“I wouldn’t say I regretted it, I had a good time with my team-mates, but it was never easy. The standard of football, it’s not even Championship standard.

I realised that very quickly. It’s a league that wants to grow, they are putting a lot of money in, but it is a long way behind.
“I think they are going to struggle to get where they want to be. When you look at the MLS, it’s much easier for players like me who have played in Europe at a high level, who speak English, to go there.

“I think the league in America is on the rise, but for me China is a long way behind them. You can only advance so much by throwing money at something and the Chinese contracts are very generous, but it’s still going to struggle to become a top league. Maybe it’s the language, maybe it’s because it can seem quite alien, it’s daunting."

Mikel lived in an apartment at a hotel complex where all the staff and guests spoke English. It was a comforting cocoon off the pitch, but he was there to play football.

“I did wonder if I had made a big mistake,” he admits. “But looking back, I will never say I regret it. I missed my family a lot. They come over maybe twice a year and liked it when they visited, but they were the main reason I had to come back

“As a life experience, I enjoyed it. Professionally, it was tough, but I had some good times. It was a nice city and the people I met at the club were great. But it was definitely the right time for me to come back and play at a higher level again. I knew I was going to leave, probably after a year.”

Mikel returned to England at the end of 2018. After weighing up his options, the best was a short-term contract with Championship promotion chasers Middlesbrough . Premier League clubs did not want to touch a player aged 31 who had spent two years playing a poor standard of football in a league without any western media coverage.

Perceptions of him had changed.
Mikel has done well at his new club, his performances improving as he regains old fitness levels on the back of double training sessions. He would like to stay beyond the end of the season, “our goals are the same, we want to be in the Premier League” but if he had not gone to China, he would probably still be playing in the top flight.

“My advice to anyone thinking about going, is have a long think about it,” he explained. “You have to go at the right time.

"I certainly wouldn’t say to anyone under the age of 30 to go there. They will regret it if they do.

“It’s worth doing for a couple of years, if only to learn a different culture, to give yourself an experience that takes you out of your comfort zone, but do not be tempted by the money if you are young. Do your research, check what sort of club you are going to over there.

“You should wait until you are approaching the end of your career. The money makes the move tempting, we’re only human, but do not be tempted by the size of the cheque if you are in the prime of your career. It's not worth it



Source:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/03/07/john-obi-mikel-move-china-age-30-will-regret/amp/

Tonto will hit this Uche and she will hit him real hard

Whether they remove it or not he is still the King of Pop

Money is the principal things,
In all thy getting, get money

The Legend

Real Madrid have suffer

thebiggestgists:
Go and check Ronaldo own

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jesmond3945:
who did you vote?

I voted for Atiku and he won in my polling unit

KingWarri:
and the Lord sent you SOWORE

Sowore's time is 2023 if he remains in the limelight of politics

Daeylar:
13 - 10?
Pdp is catching up

It's not about catching up but closing up the gap

Daeylar:
13 - 10?
Pdp is catching up

It's not about catching up but closing up the gap

This country is so bleeped up


Oh Lord please send us a revolutionist who is not monetarily motivated or someone that will leave us at the midst of the struggle for his own personal gain.

We need to Take this country back from all these old haggard.

Lord i was initially Aticulated but from what am seeing now as a daylight robbery to our votes, Lord see me, my family and well wishers through in this incoming four years incase this Baba come back again.

Oh Lord i pray

Cherrybae:
I give up on PDP. I'm obediently Atikulating to NEXT LEVEL

My apology to all APC supporters for insulting all of you.

I'm now a zombie for life

Sai Baba

You deserve a second term

God bless APC
God bless all APC supporters

See these one ooo


You were never a fan of Atiku so keep mute and watch

Oloriegbe is leading Saraki by 20,000
Smart leading Melaye by 20,000

Keeping lieing

Oloriegbe is leading Saraki by 20,000
Smart leading Melaye by 20,000

Keeping lieing

sholatech:
All those making noise to become Senate President are Not making it back to NASS. Saraki, Akpabio, Gemade, Akume...

Dino Melaye is the person best suited for senate President

Who be this one

Gbagbuee

Results of shoot any ballot snatchers.

Gun men on rampage

Suspended from the remaining two episodes.
Am going to miss his character, I love his on-screen chemistry with Cookie

He is giving her a hardknock

Ghost rider in heavenly places

But she can suck up men's dick and swallow up the milk

Na Ghost rider in heavenly places

Good advice

With that your blocked nose.

I believed you meant Atiku's victory

sagebot:
I tot they said Snakes cant crawl on tiled floors...hw did it even get to d middle....well thankgod for miracles...

It will crawl just that the movement will be slow compared to ground

Don't know her.

But RIP


Some of you keep quoting and calling me indomie generation, make una continue as if i for force myself follow una come this world when you were coming

Good

Truth be told, we the south- east are the people developing this country, anywhere an ibo man, he must invest all in that place, build mansion, have a big shop with millions of naira worth of goods, but other regions will never help develop your state. Hardly will you see a Northernal building a mansion in other part of naija except their place, they prefer sleeping in a small room. If the eastern were waiting for restructure, then naija would have been a Zoo