(Video): The incredible 16 year old who impressed world class players in trial at Chelsea

Jon Obi Mikel has been making headlines for his podcast recently, but nobody should forget how good he was as a player too.

The midfielder did a trial at Chelsea as a teenager (before his famously ill-fated run in with Sir Alex Ferguson) where he wowed everyone. Marcel Desailly – then a world class player at the top of his game – was able to tell the whole story on BeinSport this week. It’s really fascinating to hear the inside story on Mikel’s incredible precocious talent as a teenager.

You can hear Marcel tell the impressive story in the clip embedded here: