Festus Abu
Struggling French Ligue 1 side Marseille may have succeeded in convincing out of favour Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi to
shun big-money move to the Chinese Super
League to help revive the club.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers
owner Frank McCourt, who bought
Marseille in October, had promised to invest heavily in the January transfer
window to help manager Rudi Garcia build
a team that could be European champions.
Les Phoceens were ready to
rescue Mikel from his Chelsea nightmare in the summer but the player’s reported £3.4m-a-year salary
reportedly aborted the
move.
With McCourt ready to spend
in January – and Mikel yet to play a single game for Chelsea since the
beginning of the season – reports in France on Sunday claimed Marseille were
ready to sign the 29-year-old.
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