How Chelsea Players Convinced Abramovich To Sack Managers Mikel

Former Chelsea player John Obi Mikel has described how some senior Chelsea players convinced Ex-owner Roman Abramovich to sack managers in the club.

The midfielder is well aware of what it means to play for a team that is constantly hiring and firing managers.

Ex-owner Roman Abramovich hired 12 managers in the 20 years he was the clubs supremo.

Asked what happens when the players want to get a manager sacked, Mikel told Rio Ferdinands Vibe with Five show: The chat happens between the big guys: JT, Frank, Didier and Petr Cech and a little bit of Ashley [Cole].

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Its not like a chat where they go were going to go at you, but the one person we really didnt like was Rafa [Benitez], because he wasnt a Chelsea kind of manager, and AVB [Andre Villas Boas].

AVB was younger than most of the players, younger than Frank, younger than JT, and for some reason, he stopped playing Frank and Frank didnt take that well so there was a little bit of a rift.

When that happens and you get bad results, players who have been playing but are no longer start talking and the atmosphere was a little bit down, it cycles around and before you know it there is a little bit of talk.

They stop talking to the manager, not saying good morning and just walk past. Thats how they get their message across. Then Roman comes in, as Roman only speaks to those guys, and once their story has been told to Roman, then Roman makes the decisions which favors the players.

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