Chelsea transfer bombshell: Blues star wants to quit Stamford Bridge

JOHN OBI MIKEL is 'ready to quit' Chelsea, according to former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia.

By Alex Harris

John Obi Mikel is ready to quit Chelsea, according to Samson Siasia

The 29-year-old is yet to make an appearance this season with N'Golo Kante, Nemanja Matic and Cesc Fabregas ahead of him in the pecking order.

He missed the start of the campaign because he opted to represent his country in the Olympic Games.

Mikel is out of contract at the end of the season but could seal a move away from Stamford Bridge when the transfer window reopens.

"He is ready to quit Chelsea because he said this man [Antonio Conte] does not have anything for him and that was what he told me before he came down to the Olympics," Siasia, who bossed Nigeria at the Olympics, revealed.

"That was why they bought [N’Golo] Kante.

"It will be better for him to leave now because he has done very well after 11 years at Chelsea, not even Didier Drogba did not last that long there.

Samson Siasia has been speaking about John Obi Mikel's Chelsea future

"He already has a British passport and two girls, he has done very well and will now leave."

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte last week suggested Mikel will stay put until next summer.

He said: "The situation with Obi Mikel is simple: he’s in the squad. He stays with us.

John Obi Mikel is yet to play for Chelsea this season

"We know that, at the end of the season, probably his contract will expire. But I don’t know what happens now.

"He’s a player who is part of this squad and every single game I take my decision about him."