Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel has turned down a move to an English Premier League club after they failed to meet his wage demands,<b> allnigeriasoccer.com </b>can exclusively report.<br /><br />In the last one month, an unnamed Premier League club had been locked in talks with the defensive midfielder before pulling the plug on the deal this week.<br /><br />&ldquo;The transfer talks have broken down, his wage demands are a big issue so it is difficult to do a deal, &rdquo; a United Kingdom based intermediary who was involved in negotiations with Mikel and his camp told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br />Mikel, 29, saw a transfer to Spanish side Valencia in the January transfer window fall through after he demanded 10 million euros wages.<br /><br />The former Lyn Oslo wonderkid is understood to be in talks with at least four Chinese Super League teams. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br />Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<br />