Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel officially changes his name – and now fans are even more unsure what to call him

Jon Obi Mikel has been called many things by Chelsea fans
during his decade at Stamford Bridge… many of which are far
too rude for us to repeat.
However, while he may have got used to the abusive slurs
hurled his way by a section of the Stamford Bridge support, it
seems the Nigerian midfielder has finally had enough of
people getting his ACTUAL NAME wrong.
That is why the Chelsea stalwart has just officially changed his
name… to Mikel John Obi.
Confused? You will be.
For starters, it turns out that he was never actually called
‘Mikel’. The Guus Hiddink favourite was born John Michael
Nchekwube Obinna – ‘Mikel’ only became a thing when the
Nigerian FA mistakenly used Mikel instead of Michael on his
submission form for the 2003 FIFA Under-17 World
Championships.

We did say this was going to get confusing…

Just to muddy the waters further, John (let’s just call him

John for now) liked the mistake.

So much so, that despite the fact it’s not actually his name,

he’s been happy to let us all call him John Obi Mikel ever since

he joined Chelsea in 2006.

Which we’re going to have to stop doing… because has now

officially changed his name to… Mikel John Obi.

Clear? Sorted? Understood?