Mikel Obi Explains Why Chelsea Can’t Win the Premier League
- Super Eagles legend Mikel Obi believes Chelsea will find it difficult to win the 2025/26 English Premier League
- The Blues won the 2024/25 UEFA Conference League and crowned it with the 2025 FIFA World Cup
- Chelsea signed forward Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Estevao William and others who were impressive during the pre-season
- The Dean of Student Affairs of a College of Health Science backed the claims of Mikel Obi
Two-time Premier League winner John Mikel Obi predicted that Chelsea FC will not win the 2025/26 EPL title.
The Blues won their last EPL title in the 2016/17 season, winning the UEFA Champions League in the 2020/21 season. But, Mikel Obi has been vocal during the transfer window concerning the quality of players coming to the club.
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Mikel explains why Chelsea can't win the EPL
John Mikel Obi said the club lacks quality goalkeepers who can complement the squad.
In a viral post on IG, the 38-year-old cried out that fans are tired of the excuses for not winning the league. He said:
"It's going to be incredibly hard for Chelsea to win the Premier League with the kind of goalkeeper we have right now.
"We can't wait, we want to win the Premier League now, we want to win yesterday not even now.
"Last season, we wanted to win; this season, we have to win. We cannot wait to get Maignan for next season and then start saying, "Now we have got a goalkeeper," and go to win the league.
"Every season is a season where we have to start thinking of winning the league. I thought getting a top goalkeeper that they are going to look back every time and say you know what, we've got a goalkeeper."
Chelsea failed to land former Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma before Manchester City secured the Italian, according to AllNigeria.
Donnarumma recently won the 2025 Yashin Trophy, awarded to the best goalkeeper of the past year, and has kept two clean sheets in his first three games for Manchester City, according to OneFootball.
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ECOHSAT Dean of Student Affairs agrees with Mikel Obi
The Dean of Student Affairs, Emirates College of Health Sciences and Technology (ECOHSAT), Kano State, AbdulKabir Suleiman, agreed with Super Eagles legend that Chelsea cannot lift the 2025/26 EPL trophy.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng, Suleiman said the decisions of the coach have been misfiring this season. The former NUGA football star said:
"Frankly speaking I agree with Mikel on this point. Some might say it's too early to make such conclusions but with top contenders like pool, Arsenal and Manchester City making the most of their gameweek games, Chelsea aren't a match for them.
"Secondly, when you compare the depth of players quality with the three mentioned clubs above, our depth can only win us CARABAO or FA cup in my opinion, don't even mention European trophy.
"The coach has been misfiring in his decision making skills lately which I see as a major hindrance to our PL winning chances, and our goalkeeping department will spell doom for us too."
Mikel Obi sends message to Jackson
Legit.ng earlier reported that John Obi Mikel has clarified his recent comments about Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson, emphasising that he intended no disrespect and was instead encouraging the young forward to reach his full potential.
Mikel also shared his opinion on the club’s choice of signing Liam Delap instead of long-term target Nigerian international Victor Osimhen.
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