Manchester United to sign Mikel in January transfer window

Manchester United to sign Mikel in January transfer window

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants Super Eagles Captain and Chelsea Midfielder John Obi Mikel to join him at Old Trafford.

Mikel who’s contract will be expiring at the end of the campaign will be available for a cut-price fee and Mourioho is ready to part away with 2m pounds to price the Nigerian Captain away from Stanford bridge.

Mikel will not be offered a new deal by Chelsea having fallen out of favour with Antonio Conte.

The Nigeria international was at the centre of a three-way tug of war in 2006, with Manchester United, Chelsea, and tiny Norwegian club Lyn all insisting he was their player.
United claimed they signed Mikel from Lyn in April 2005 – when pictures appeared in the press of him holding up his No 21 shirt – and then loaned him back until the end of the Norwegian season.

But Chelsea, who reportedly helped pay for the Nigeria-born midfielder’s education in Norway, insisted they had their own separate agreement with the player’s agent.

Chelsea had to pay Manchester United £12m and his former club in Norway, Lyn, £4m.