John Obi Mikel will not be leaving Chelsea this summer — report

According to a BBC source, rumours involving Mikel's transfer to Turkish and Chinese (Chinese?) football are simply not true.

 While the source admits that there have been two bids from UAE clubs that showed "strong interest" in the player, they could not meet Chelsea's valuation.

It seems that Chelsea's thinking heads at board and coaching levels still believe that the defensive midfielder has something left to offer to the club.

Having made 339 overall appearances since his arrival in 2006, it is not difficult to note that Mikel has been a True Blue through and through, enduring plenty of criticism and transitions from many different coaches and systems, playing major parts in all of them, including some of our biggest trophy conquests.