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Official: Mikel leaves Stoke City just weeks after signing contract extension

The former Super Eagles captain has officially left the Potters despite signing a new one-year contract extension a few weeks ago

Kuwait Sporting Club have confirmed the signing of former Nigerian international John Mikel Obi on a one-year deal from Stoke City.

Soccernet earlier reported that the former Chelsea star could leave the Potters just a few weeks after he signed a one-year extension.

The report is now officially confirmed after the Kuwait Club announced the capture of the ex-Super Eagles captain on their Twitter page. 

The deal takes Mikel back to Asia, having spent two years with Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. The 34-year-old joined the Chinese club after leaving Chelsea in January 2017.

After leaving China, Mikel had spells with Middlesbrough and Trabzonspor before signing for Stoke City last summer.

The ex-Super Eagles captain is now set to continue his career in the middle east. His new club won the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Winner in the just-concluded season, but they lost the defence of their league title.

This post was last modified on July 1, 2021 8:03 pm

Joba Ogunwale

Oluwajoba Ogunwale has many years of experience as a sports content writer. The most recent of these was at Opera News, after which he took up the role of Editor-in-Chief at Soccernet.

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  • Kuwait not like China. And China is not middle east .China is far east . From lagos to Kuwaiti cannot be more than 10 hours. From lagsos to China u go sleep on air for a day. Not to talk abut London to China

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