Chelsea Star Mikel Has NOT Agreed A Four-Year Deal With Valencia

Reports that Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel is on his way to La Liga side Valencia in the January transfer window having agreed a four-year deal are wide of the mark, according to his bonafide intermediary John Shittu.
As first reported by allnigeriasoccer.com, it is correct that the Chelsea midfielder is attracting huge interest from Los Che but it’s still the same old story, with the Spanish club yet to meet his wage demands.

It is understood that Valencia offered Mikel approximately three million euros wages per season, to be specific €2.8 million, far less than Mikel is demanding and his take home pay at Chelsea.

“It is not true that Mikel is joining Valencia on a four-year deal, the information is not correct, ” John Shittu told allnigeriasoccer.com.

AC Milan, Inter, Juventus and Marseille have been credited with an interest in Mikel, who has played nonstop at Chelsea for the past eleven years.

The 29-year-old has held talks with representatives of Chinese clubs Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, Guangzhou Evergrande , Hebei China Fortune and Beijing Guoan over a transfer this month.