Posted on: 04:53 Tue, 29 Mar 2016



As Manchester United reportedly
draws closer to signing former
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho,
Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel
Obi has sent out warning about the
Portuguese coach to his potential
employers.

Mikel, who only made five
appearances for the Blues before
Mourinho was sacked and replaced
by Guus Hiddink in December,
dropped hints for Manchester
United as he revealed that
Mourinho is a very hard man to
please.

The Jos-born playmaker who he has
only just become a regular under
interim boss Hiddink and has
missed just three games since the
Dutchman took over at Stamford
Bridge, believes he is now
benefitting from having a manager
who trusts him again.

“I think confidence is everything, if
a manager doesn’t believe in you,
trust me there’s no way you can
succeed.

“Even if you do things right he
would always make sure he finds
fault.

“People change in any walk of life,
maybe he decided he wanted to do
better in a different way and he
didn’t need me anymore.

“He didn’t have the belief that he
had in me before, which is fine
because every manager has the
player that they have trust in.

“It is a tough business, football, so
when a manager comes in he wants
to have people he believes in. If he
doesn’t believe in you he doesn’t
play you. And I think it’s all about
a manager giving a player
confidence,” Mikel told Goal on
Monday.