Speaking on the latest edition of the Obi One podcast, Mikel gave his thoughts on Jackson’s Instagram post and reinstated that he actually liked the player but believed there were elements of his game that needed improving:
“I really like the guy as a football player. I like him. There’s something there as a football player. You know, I haven’t said that he’s a bad player at all. I’ve just said that his finishing qualities are not there yet.
“He’s a young boy and all I’ve said is that he needs a more experienced striker to come into the football club to help him. To help him improve, to help him get better. Because we all know, we all can see the shift he puts in week in, week out.
“So for me, I’d like to see my African brother, like he said, do well in the Premier League. Come to Chelsea, a big club, a massive club where we’ve had one of the greatest strikers in Didier Drogba from Africa. I’d like to see him do well as well.
“If he plays well, I will praise him. If there’s something to be said about him, where he needs to improve, I will definitely say it. If he scores every week and tells me to shut up I’ll take that.”
