John Mikel Obi
John Mikel Obi has regained full fitness after a hip injury to be part of Chelsea’s Europa League final clash with Portuguese giants Benfica on Wednesday at the Amsterdam Arena.
For the Super Eagles playmaker, the Europa medal will be a perfect addition to the UEFA Champions League he won last year with his colleagues at Stamford Bridge.
"It is not always good feeling when one is out of action but I am good now. I returned to full training on Friday,” Mikel informed MTNFootball.com Sunday.
“I am set for Europa league final and I am looking forward to it as well as the last game of the season."
Mikel last featured for Chelsea in a 2-0 win over Swansea on April 28.
His compatriot, Victor Moses, passed a late fitness test to start for Chelsea in the all-important clash with Aston Villa on Saturday, which ended 2-1 at Villa Park in favour of Chelsea courtesy of a Frank Lampard brace.
Moses had picked up a knock in a 2-2 draw at home with London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Meanwhile, Mikel’s Super Eagles team mate, Osaze Odemwingie has blamed England boss Roy Hodgson for starting the chain of events that has led to his problems at West Brom.
The out of favour Nigerian striker has revealed that the last four months at ‘The Hawthorns’ - the time since his transfer deadline day embarrassment at Queens Park Rangers - have been the "worst" of his life.
Osaze claimed his heart had not been in the club since Hodgson publicly questioned his commitment ahead of a game against Tottenham in November 2011.
He has been fined four times for outbursts on Twitter about his situation at Albion, and risked further punishment with comments in an interview with the Birmingham Mail.
"I've had probably the worst four months of my whole life," he told the paper. "At the moment, I don't know what the future is.
"The truth is, I wanted to revive my career because things were never the same after the interview where Roy blasted me.
"After Roy doubted my commitment things were never the same for me at the club. In the summer, I felt it was that bad for me that I was ready to quit top-flight football to just go.
"I did the job for the club and the fans and I asked the chairman nicely. I said: 'Listen, something happened in this season that I have never gone through in my playing career and the atmosphere for me is not so pleasant, so I would like to leave the club.'
"I wasn't happy that they didn't respect my decision when I wanted to call it a day, because I believed that I had done well for a few years."
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