BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K President, Fikret Orman, has confirmed that the Istanbul club are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel in the January transfer window.<br /><br /><b>Allnigeriasoccer.com</b> can exclusively report that the Nigeria international turned down the chance to join Besiktas in the summer after they failed to meet his wage demands.<br /><br />&ldquo;If the coach Senol Gunes had given us the go ahead we would have moved in the summer , we could still do it in winter, &rdquo; Fikret Orman told <i>Fanatik</i>.<br /><br />John Obi Mikel will enter the last 12 months of his contract with Chelsea in the summer of 2016.<br /><br />The 28 - year - old is back in London after international duty with the Super Eagles.<br />