MIKEL OBI DUN MISCAP WITH CHELSEA FAN BASE COMMENT? ( FT. Tox, Dani, Kuro, Karibi & Godfrey) 

It is actually true Many youths of my age started supporting Chelsea because of him and drogba

Supporters come in different generations and there was a generation that majorly support chesea because of Mikel, I am among

What I can say that Obi make Nigeria like Chelsea more

Mikel is right about the Nigerian own . After world Youth championship in 2005 and his subsequent performance in Afcon 2006, he was the real youth star Nigeria had witnessed as it was then. The tussle between Chelsea and man u on which club should sign him, subsequently brought him more to the limelight. There were sizeable number of Chelsea fans in Nigeria before him no doubt due to Mourinho and Drogba. But the surge of fans influx in Nigeria, was because of him. As he couldn't live up the billing of his youthful career, attention of those fans, shifted to the successes of the team and the bragging right they had over the big guns both in EPL and UCL. Not living up to what was expected of him as an offensive star at his early career, makes what he said look questionable, but the truth is that he made Chelsea popular in Nigeria. As for Africa, he was a contributory factor because of Nigeria Population...

That is true 70% of Chelsea fan base increases in Nigeria due to him unless you just want to be hypocrite

Obi is correct..... Outside obi in Nigeria... Yes I was a Chelsea fan before obi joined but truthfully.... Chelsea fan base increase bcoz of obi, n Jose mo love for Africans

In as much as Chelsea had fans before 2006, Obi’s impact in terms of Nigerian fans joining Chelsea was massive. Let’s not forget Obi was the second best player at the 2005 under 20 World Cup and guess who was 1st, The great Messi. Omo even some Nigerians felt Obi deserved that best player award, so as at that time so many Nigerians loved Obi, and when he choose Chelsea majority of them followed him to Chelsea. E nor good to Dey blow your own trumpet but honestly what he said is a fact!

I personally I became Chelsea fan because of drogba back then, that true......

He's correct. I joined chelsea in 2007 because of Mikel

I can't believe Obi make most Nigerians and Africans start supporting Chelsea Drogba and Obi only added to the rising Chelsea fans in Nigeria and Africa

I started supporting Chelsea because of tunibu

Mike is saying the truth,I start supporting Chelsea because of DD and Mike

Obi is 💯 percent right. Though i started CFC in 2004. But Mikel also gain more fans after 2005 under 20 world cup that made Nigerians followed him to Chelsea

Mikel Obi is very correct A lot of Nigerians become Chelsea fans because of Mikel...

Obi is very right because looking at Nigeria population in Africa Nigeria has a quarter of Africa population 200 million people you can clearly see him part of the reason why many Nigerians support chelsea

I like the way Karibri dey talk

Na true Mikel talk Abeg! Many of the new generation Nigerian Chelsea fans na bcoz of him

Point of correction, no body knew Drogba in Nigeria until the 2006 Afcon. Mikel obi was the star boy of Nigeria in 2006 so he wasn't lying.

He is right cause cable TV was affordable during and was viral in his days not babayaro days obi x Drogba ❤

Podcast need topic to generate interactions on controversies It's a very dicy topic dats y FFT dey notice am Kudos guys much love Dani my guy

I thought funny bone made this stuff so clear to all of us that Celestine babayaro influence many Nigerian into supporting Chelsea However Mikel also played a very important role too

Nigerians must just cast, it's a blessing in disguise

Take a poll of Chelsea fans asking them what influenced their decision to join Chelsea. That would give a clearer perspective to this argument.

I started supporting Chelseafc at the era of Gianfraco Zola of Italy.

Firstly I loved football but started supporting Chelsea cos of blue color before falling in love cos of Celestine Babayaro and seeing other blacks at Chelsea.

From a Cameroon 🇨🇲Prospective, Drogba indeed is the player that brought me to Chelsea due to his speech asking for his people to stop fighting. José Mourinho definitely a King bringing a lot of Afrcans to the Club it gave us a Identity. Arsenal as well.

Me I started supporting Chelsea from Mikel. After that 2005 tournament, and the whole issues about whether Man U or Chelsea. Mikel played a great role.

In GHANA, we had a popular local tv antena with "8"shape named MICHAEL ESSIEN😂

I supported chelsea because of Drogba, again Mikel is not wrong, chelsea gained alot of fans also because of Mikel

Dani it’s 2006/2007 season FA cup final …mikel play part on the ball that leads to drogba goal in extra time

That asernal guy said uzoho has more fan that Mikel ....that one sweet me 😂😂😂😂

Speaking for myself, I would limit his argument to Nigeria rather than Africa, and on that note i said yes... He's right. But let's not forget that there's a generation of fans too... In his time, he was the Major link. Most Nigerian Chelsea supporters came to be because of Mikel Obi

Obi made Nigerians love Chelsea more

He is right because of him I go chelsea

What Obi said is accurate. I don’t see the argument. He said most not all and specifically highlighted Nigeria. Biko rest the matter. He is right

Yes,mikel is right take it or you leave it . Although the fans were there before but his signing boosted the fans base

Most early 2000 Chelsea fans started following the club because those are the years when Chelsea started dominating, winning trophies and leagues , going unbeaten along the way then we started having a pull of Africans players which boosted the clubs support here in African especially with likes of Essian, Mikel , Drogba etc....

Obi is the best

It's pure truth

I am a die-hard Arsenal fan but Jose, and Drogba, made support Chelsea each time they played against United

I used to be a arsenal fan when Kanu was der. But when wenger started benching him i quietly follow celestine babayaro go chelsea. Then Like u said Jose made me remaim a chelsea fan.

Most chelsea fans, today, migrate from bolton because many of us were supporting bolton because of Jay Jay okocha then. So when bolton stops doing well. We move to Chelsea because of the emergence of Africa players and Jose great attitude towards Premier League. Since then, the support has been massive. Yes, Mikel effect might have reasons on some people, but definitely not me, and knowing babayaro once play for them really makes it easy for a lot of us

Obi mikel make Chelsea fans popular in Nigerian. Everything obi said is correct

This is funny, it tells me how recently some folks started watching football. Celestine Babayaro was the biggest trigger, his success at Chelsea was what set the precedence for Nigerians to want to support the "new kid" on the block at the time

Talking about Nigerian fan base okocha is de man

Omo I no Chelsea and love the club just because of Mikel obi

Mikel has paid his dues and earned the right to his opinion. ❤🎉

I started supporting Chelsea due to Babayaro.. Babayaro is my brother from the same community in Imo state.. We are from Umuanu Amaigbo under Nwangele LGA, Imo state..

I too love this my fellow Chelsea fan dani very impressed when he is talking ❤❤❤❤❤

That 2006 F. A cup obi play for that match and na him make that pass wen Drogba score, and I look am say English dey worry some people, obi said some of Nigeria 🇳🇬 started supporting Chelsea bcoz of him, not all in Nigeria'

It's actually true!

Drogba was the popular name when i was in primary school

Mikel obi is right this time.....

I became a Chelsea fan because of how amazing the project Roman Abrahamovich looked n it was a marvel to see what they were unto. This was 3 years before mikel and Drogba.

How will Obi forgot Celestine Babayaro so soon

That 2006 Mikel was in the mach go and checked it

I started watching/supporting Chelsea because of Celestine Babayaro! Cele was a regular on Chelsea's left (with Graham Le Saux) from 98 to 2000. Kanu came to the Premier League after Babayaro and made me watch Arsenal too- although I was already a Chelsea fan. Mikel mostly contributed to chelsea's fan base down the line but he made a mistake not giving credit to Cele. I think many Nigerians also supported chelsea because it had lots of black players including several african players and players of african origin over the years- Geremi, Essien, Kalou, Drogba, George Weah, Desailly, Melchiot, Etoo, Lassana Diarra, Mikel, Malouda, Makelele etc- much more than Man Utd, Arsenal or any premier league team. I think this more than any other factor along with Chelsea's success is the reason for its large fan base in Nigeria and Africa.

Obi is correct 💯

Obi is right. The number of Nigeria fans supporting Chelsea because of Obi are more than the number of fans supporting Chelsea before Obi.

Bro Is not a lie man I started supporting Chelsea in 20011 and he made me join Chelsea

Morinho played major role in bringing African 🇳🇬 fans to Chelsea

Mikel is totally right. It was Drogba initially and then him. And that's exactly what he said. Salomon kalou, essien transfer were not popular as that of mikel.

I’m a big Chelsea fan, mikel de mad, him de Pepsi academy when I start to follow Chelsea because Babayaro

Obi is very correct. Nothing to talk about

Mike and drogba make Nigerians love Chelsea

ITS NOT ARROGANCE GUYS, HES JUST SAYING THE TRUTH, AND HE DIDNT EVEN TAKE IT PERSONAL

when i was much younger, in my neighbourhood, them dey call me lampard. Infact growing up, i never heard people idolize Mikel Obi, He wasnt even in the first 11 when mourinho carried the first league in 2.4/2.5

The knowledge of balls increases every single day, but what Mikel said is absolutely true.

Obi is right

I start supporting Chelsea since 2004 when mourinho came from fc Porto

Lol not just kanu ooh... No forget ur head coach ooh Finidi George as well.

I started supporting Chelsea because of Roman Abramovic and his show of financial muscles

Shaa I started supporting Chelsea because of drogba shaa but me no no Mikel 😂😂😂

He is not saying everybody, most people started supporting Chelsea is because of him.

Somebody like me started supporting Chelsea as way back as 2000 and it's Celestine Babayaro carry me come Chelsea

He should use his platform to give NPFL more time

I'm supporting Chelsea because of Drogba ND Mikel

To be candid Mikel Obi made a blundered with such mess that he his so so. The writer is a Chelsea fan before Celestial Babayaro joined the team.

I started supporting Chelsea because of Mikel Obi.. that was when he was bought after under 20

Is only arsenal fans that can disagree with this truth, which tox, and Godfrey is among

Dani just said it all

I rank Drogba the most ahead of all African players and that's why I supported Chelsea

Ronaldo made a statement about serie A being dead some months ago before he got there..Godfrey don forget?

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Godfrey ooooh 😂😂😂😂😂

I was Arsenal fan but I switched to Chelsea for a personal reason, you can say i joined a winning team 😂 I was tired of heartbreak, and funny enough it was because I love the color blue 💙 back then. No player was in the picture.

I joined chelsea because of Mourinho. My love for inter that year na die. Dem Adriano and obafemi time for inter that year

Below are men who increased CFC fan base in 9ja, Celestina Babayaro, mourinho after winning the Champions league with porto, Micheal Essien, Ballack Michael, Drogba, lampard, Makalele Claudio. Mikel only increased the fan base by a few numbers.

When I think about Chelsea, I no dey too remember Mikel. Maybe because I only started watching Chelsea a lot in 2016.

Majority of Chelsea fans in Nigeria were Bolton fans and after okocha left, they were looking for a successful club at that time other than Man Utd and Arsenal... Then, majority of them decided to join Chelsea while very few of them Decided to Join Liverpool

All of you forgot thatMikel Obi wave started from that Junior world cup, when almost every Nigerian was all about Mikel. It was immediately after that world cup that he had that thing with Man Utd and Chelsea. How is it that you guys forgot that part, that when the Mikel star boy from the Jnr world cup chose Chelsea over Man Utd, that alone endeared many Nigerians to Chelsea. Who knew Drogba that much before he came to Chelsea in 2004?

Ghana football player Michel Esain got injured b4 Obi got the chance to be playing for Chelsea.....alot of african players made their name b4 he came and we love their football......I can remember Mikel was not liked by Chelsea fans at some time because he loves back pass

Una dey compare generation of Satellite dish with the era of social media, you can't compare the influence. social media influence is bigger than dish era

Babayaro since the 90’s. Mikel could be right if you ask Gen Z’s though. Depends on the generation you ask

I Akinyemi Olaniyi, join Obi to Chelsea from Arsenal.

What Mikel said was right as far as Nigeria is concerns. Babayaro played for Chelsea but didn't make much impact on the fan base in Nigeria as Mikel. Some of you guys are just angry because he said something against Rinaldo more especially the guy in the Arsenal jersey. I can feel your pain bro.

I support Chelsea because of Drogba and I have been supporting Chelsea before Mikel started playing in Europe

We dey watch Chelsea since babayaro era

Please let's say the truth, Mikel obi is right, Nigeria fan base was like who is this Nigeria player that man u and Chelsea went to court because of him,I joined Chelsea because of Mikel obi

The truth is it was the SPECIAL ONE that made Chelsea popular 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Mourinho the best Chelsea coach