Mikel, Drogba, Essien Pay Tribute to John Terry
Nigerian international and former Chelsea player Mikel Obi has joined the league of world footballers to pay tribute to John Terry who announced his retirement from football on Sunday evening.
Tributes have been pouring in since the 38-year-old officially announced the decision to hang his boot to become an assistant manager at Aston Villa.
The Nigerian who plies his trade at Chinese clubside Tianjin TEDA F.C. shared his tribute alongside, Former Chelsea duo of Didier Drogba and Michael Essien on social media platforms to reckon Terry as one of the true greats of the round leather game.
On his twitter handle Mikel wrote: “Congratulations on a fantastic Career old boy! Goodluck on whatever’s next. #Captainleaderlegend
didierdrogba Congrats on your amazing career my Captain @johnterry.26 It was a pleasure playing and winning all these trophies with you @chelseafc 💙#theoneandonly #JT #captaincourage #leader #historymakers #theimpossibles #theoldguard #blueblood PS: you still haven’t pay me the bet we did years ago, so please do it before I tell all my followers 😎
Terry’s former clubs Chelsea and Aston Villa were among the first to congratulate Captain, Leader, Legend on a long and amazingly successful 23-year career.
It could be more of a “see you later” than a goodbye for either of these clubs of course.
It’s long been assumed that JT would one day return to Chelsea as a coach, while he may actually get started on that journey at Aston Villa, perhaps very soon, even, as rumored new head coach Thierry Henry’s assistant.