Chelsea Get Mikel Refund

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Chelsea D

Finally, after a few verbal tussles with Lyn Oslo over John Obi Mikel’s transfers which ended in Chelsea issuing proceedings against both Lyn and Morgan Andersen, it appears the matter has been decided out of court.

As we all know, Mikel arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2006, but not before a dispute over whether he belonged to Manchester United or Chelsea saw him spend a year kicking his heels until £12million to United and £4million to Lyn saw the move take place. Of course, Mikel hadn’t helped matters by parading around in a United shirt with a big happy smile for the media, before talking up his desire to play his football at Stamford Bridge instead of Old Trafford, although he’s always insisted he has no regrets.

Anyway, once it turned out Chelsea had been well and truly conned, and Andersen was convicted of forgery, they decided to go after him and Lyn in an effort to get a refund.

Yesterday though, saw the matter finally resolved, with a statement on the club’s official site stating “Chelsea Football Club and FC Lyn Oslo have resolved all matters between the two clubs with regard to John Mikel Obi. The terms of the agreement will remain confidential. There will be no further comment.”

I wonder if we got enough back for Scolari to go shopping?

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2 Responses to “Chelsea Get Mikel Refund”

  1. Alan, on December 2nd, 2008 at 14:16 Said:

    The real story at Chelsea is he Kenyon story and the cash flow being turned off by Abramovich. Call yourself cynical and realistic? Theres not a blogger out there willing to tackle this can of worms.

  2. Chelsea 4 Life, on December 2nd, 2008 at 22:29 Said:

    Cash flow being turned off, lmao.

    Abramovich stated from his initial purchase of Chelsea F.C that he had a 10 year plan to turn chelsea into a profit making club, 5 years into that was the break even point (meaning cutting back on funding) and not only are we at that 5 year mark but we are also facing an economic crisis hence the funding was cut back more dramatically than was initially planned.

    However, i stress once again Alan, that the funding cuts had been planned all along. Any true Chelsea fan would have been well aware of this, as i, and every other Chelsea fan i know could predictably see this coming.

    As for Kenyon, his job is hanging by a thread due to the lack of end product coming from all his youth investment.

    The real story? Please, get over it and move on.