{"id":6503,"date":"2013-07-14T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/anzhi-joins-mikel-race\/"},"modified":"2013-07-14T17:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T17:27:11","slug":"anzhi-joins-mikel-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/anzhi-joins-mikel-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Anzhi joins Mikel race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Big-spending Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala has joined the race for Chelsea ace Mikel Obi, MTNFootball.com reports.<\/p>\n

Anzhi, who parade Cameroon superstar Samuel Eto\u2019o Fils, had kept close tabs on Mikel for some time now.<\/p>\n

Mikel was not part of the Chelsea squad that jetted out to South East Asia for pre-season training to further fuel speculations in the local media he is on his way out of the EPL side.<\/p>\n

And MTNFootball.com has since gathered that besides Turkish champions Galatasaray and free-spending Monaco, Anzhi has returned for the Nigeria midfielder, who is holidaying in Abuja.<\/p>\n

A top source who is part of the negotiations to take Mikel to Russia told MTNFootball.com: \u201cAnzhi has come back for Mikel. The club has made the player an offer and he in turn has asked for an improvement. That is the latest on the Mikel situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Galatasaray had been in pole position to land Mikel after agreeing personal terms with him, but the Turkish giants has 13 foreigners presently and would need to get rid of four of these players to accommodate the Super Eagles midfielder.<\/p>\n

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