Former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson forgave him for an earlier misdeed.
Mikel had once signed for Manchester United in 2005, even wearing the club’s shirt in a press conference.
Advertisement
Advertisement
However, he then reneged on his word and went and signed a better deal with Chelsea.
Speaking on talkSPORT, the 37-year-old said: “It's so good for the boss to finally forgive me after such a long time.
“He mentioned (the saga) a couple of times (during his career) it was like, 'You were the one that got away aren't you?'
“But he's a lovely, lovely man and 82-years-old he's still strong.
“I told him "We want to have you here as much as we can, for as long as we can". And he's like, "Listen, you got away but you had an amazing career with Chelsea so I wouldn't say anything wrong about that, but I definitely forgive you now''.”