Former Nigerian international Mikel Obi has praised former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for showing so much love and care for everyone around the club.

Mikel made this known via The Obi One podcast, where he shared Abramovich’s reactions when his father was kidnapped in Nigeria

“Roman was the guy. He cared about everyone; players, fans as well. I remember when my dad got kidnapped and I got a phone call from him.

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“He just cared and spoke to me: ‘Mikel what do you need, do you need anything, do you know how you can get your dad back? I said: ‘I don’t know I haven’t spoken to the kidnappers yet’. He said: ‘OK, listen, with your permission, give me 24 hours, I will go and bring your dad back home’.

“And I was thinking “f***ing hell Roman he’s in f***ing Nigeria, you don’t know where he is, how the f*** will you get him back, and he was like ‘don’t worry, I’ll get him back’. That is the gangster s***.

“It was just that standard of how he loved the players, his players, and the football club.

“Who we are today is because of Roman, we are Chelsea Football Club. We’ve won so many trophies, we are one of biggest clubs in world now and it’s all down to Roman Abramovich.”