Mikel Obi officially changes his name

In attempting to clarify his actual name, the

Chelsea veteran has just made everyone

very, very confused.

Jon Obi Mikel has been called many things

by Chelsea fans during his decade at

Stamford Bridge… many of which are far too

rude, reports UK Mirror.

However, while he may have got used to the

abusive slurs hurled his way by a section of

the Stamford Bridge support, it seems the

Nigerian midfielder has finally had enough of

people getting his actual name wrong.

That is why the Chelsea stalwart who was

was born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna

(the son of Michael Obi) in 1987, but a

mistake in 2003 changed things for the

midfielder. has just officially changed his

name… to Mikel John Obi.

For starters, it turns out that he was never

actually called 'Mikel'.

The Guus Hiddink favourite was born John

Michael Nchekwube Obinna - 'Mikel' only

became a thing when the Nigerian FA

mistakenly used Mikel instead of Michael on

his submission form during the registration

process for the 2003 Fifa Under-17 World

Championships.

So much so, that despite the fact it's not

actually his name, he's been happy to be

called John Obi Mikel ever since he joined

Chelsea in 2006.

It seems, he has now officially changed his

name to… Mikel John Obi.