Trabzonspor midfielder Mikel John Obi admits he fancies a return to Chelsea.

Obi is happy Frank Lampard is now in the Stamford Bridge hotseat.

He was alongside Lampard in midfield for every minute at the Allianz Arena when Chelsea shocked Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League final - sharing the dressing room with the club's two greatest players for all of his 11-year stay.

Lampard has preferred to employ former team-mates to his backroom staff, with assistant Jody Morris and technical adviser Petr Cech back at Chelsea. Michael Ballack also visited the Cobham training ground last week.

And Obi joked that he could be next: "His arrival at Chelsea means the club are caring for their legends. I joked with him after the Chelsea move: I want to be his assistant when I retire."