He's had a solid career, just a disappointing one for me personally.
Really thought he should have gone to Man U at the time and played for Fergie. Keane and Scholes were big fans after he trained with them as a school boy and told Fergie they had to sign him. Think he would have come along as more of a forward thinking midfielder there, in the mould of a Pogba, which is more of the player he was as a youngster.
Didn't really think there was a place at Chelsea for him to play that role, and he ended up becoming a pretty ordinary holding midfielder stuck under the tutelage of a pretty cynical manager in Mourinho. The article below pretty much details the whole thing.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/968926-john-mikel-obi-at-chelsea-or-the-choice-of-hercules-how-bad-choices-destroy
"a disappointing one for me personally" haha
I'm actually understating it. I hated his time at Chelsea so much man. Still annoys me really.
He was a massively talented young player that we had very high hopes for. It's a big shame he never really got a chance to even develop his more natural game.
Just remember him stuck at holding midfield playing sideways and backwards passes under Mourinho. Urgh.
https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/tribute-john-obi-mikel-nigerias-creator-turned-chelseas-water-carrier/
A tall bloke who is pretty slow was never going to work as number 10 at the top level in Europe tbf