Mikel & Iheanacho Ahead Of Friendly: We Know England Like The Back Of Our Hand
Published: May 31, 2018Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho fancies the Super Eagles chances when they trade tackles with England in a friendly at Wembley on Saturday.
The Super Eagles captain has reminded everybody that he spent more than ten years at Chelsea, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Champions League and Europa League during his time at Stamford Bridge.
Iheanacho is also familiar with the England squad as he is teammates with Harry Maguire and Jamie Vardy, and shared the same dressing room with Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Fabian Delph at Manchester City.
''We are in England, a terrain most of us know too well. I was here and won several trophies with Chelsea,including the Champions League. It will be an interesting encounter on Saturday,'' Mikel told thenff.com.
Iheanacho added : ''England’s players know us and we know them. It will be a good match.''
Ola Aina, Kenneth Omeruo, Wilfred Ndidi, Ahmed Musa and Alex Iwobi are on the books of Premier League clubs while Odion Ighalo had a stint with Watford before switching to the Chinese Super League.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Latest News
- Chuba Akpom comments on his future with Ajax amid Nottingham Forest and Fulham interest
- Nigerian exports: Akpom, Boniface, Madueke strike; Adewoye, Oluwaseyi goals help RKC, MNUFC set club records
- Akor Adams: Turkish giants Besiktas have zero chance of signing Montpellier striker this summer
- U17 EURO: Arsenal midfielder Junaid emulates former Young Lionesses forward Ashleigh Plumptre
- Manchester Unted's Nigerian striker agrees move to West Ham on scholarship deal
- Transfer guru confirms Man Utd interest in ex-Super Eagles invitee with release clause of N104b
- 'Felt this could have been my season' - Chelsea midfielder Chukwuemeka reflects on injury woes
- Super Eagles winger Chukwueze gets vote of confidence from former AC Milan goalkeeper
- Morak FC chief backs Golden Eaglets to qualify for World Cup despite 2-0 loss to his team
- Chelsea ready to use Lukaku plus a young player as makeweight in their efforts to sign Osimhen
Football News 24/7
News Categories
- Football Betting
- African Players
- Australia/ Asia
- Belgian Championship
- Bundesliga
- Danish Football
- English Premier League
- Nigeria National Teams
- Nigeria Premier League
- Norwegian Football
- Polish Football
- Russian Championship
- Serie A
- Spanish Liga
- Swedish Championship
- Transfer
- Turkish Championship
- Ukrainian Football
- Uncategorized
- Women's Football