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2005

turns 25 on the 22nd April
Joine May 11 2005 so 7 yrs ago he would have been coming up for 18

he would have just turned 18 if am right

LSTD did he not join United when he turned 18? Then for Chelsea to sign him from United really?

I was on there, all 13 links were slow. Can't believe the semi final is on espn, just ridiculous should be on BBC/ITV. Found a good one now though.

On April 29, 2005, a few days after Mikel turned 18, Premier League club Manchester United announced that it had struck a deal with the Norwegian club Lyn Oslo to sign the player.[7] United's website also claimed that they had done a deal directly with the teenager and that he had signed a contract to join them. Mikel's agents were bypassed as the club persuaded the youngster to sign a 4 year contract without representation. Lyn Oslo allegedly sent a fax to his agents abroad, claiming their services were no longer required by Mikel. Reports said the deal was initially worth £4m,[8] and would see the player arrive at Old Trafford in January 2006.

Rival Premier League club, Chelsea, later issued a counter-claim suggesting that they already had an agreement with Mikel and his agents, but Lyn Oslo denied this claim. However, subsequent reports indicated that Chelsea claimed to have been involved in arranging the player's original move to Europe with a view to signing him at a later date. Further substance was added to this claim after it was revealed that the player had impressed Chelsea manager José Mourinho while training with the club's first-team squad during the summer of 2004.

Mikel expressed his delight at joining United in a hastily arranged[citation needed] press conference, where he was pictured holding up a Manchester United shirt, which bore the squad number 21. Following his signing of the contract to join Manchester United, there were claims from Norway that he had received a number of threatening phone calls from unknown sources. Mikel was assigned a security guard and moved to a safe hotel. However, on May 11, 2005, the midfielder went missing during a Norwegian Cup game against Klemetsrud; he had not been selected for the match but had been watching from the stands. Whilst the player was believed to have left with one of his agents, John Shittu, who had by now flown in to meet Mikel, his disappearance sparked massive media coverage in Norway and also provoked a police enquiry after the Lyn Oslo director Morgan Andersen made claims in the Norwegian media that Mikel had been 'kidnapped'. These claims were later repeated by Manchester United's assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, who accused Chelsea of being involved in the alleged 'kidnapping'.[9]

So I would say he is Home grown

Match threads are usually a good place to find streams most post them up there.

But most people are probably banned from the Liverpool board I suppose

See you've got one now anyway, missed it cause of Fans essay!

I had seabass since tuesday and got 22/1 on him now he is joint fav with 10/1

He never joined man Utd though because he signed for Chelsea instead and never registered as HG for Chelsea, would be if he was because it would mean we could sign someone else

well rules here he has to be with a team from 18..Mikel has been so should be HG counted here

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dont know wigan will post later when I get home

gervinho better l,r or c?

It's only HG of they are HG irl though, Mikel isn't HG

well am sure there are others like that on here

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wide left?

Andy Carroll a 5 year old would have scored that.

Im testoring the computer so cant watch the tv but how is the big game today city va norwhich getting on

------------------------D.Alves----------------------
Jones----------Rami----------Ruiz----------Sakho
-----------------Mvila----------Vidal----------------
J.Milner----------------KPB----------------Neymar
------------------------Soldado-----------------------

----------------------Demirel-------------------------
Danilo-------Bonucci------Caulker-------Monreal
----------------Mikel-----------Sahin-----------------
Sulejmani------------Maher--------------Gervinho
----------------------Cardozo-------------------------


happy days

You need natural FB's now

All 4 are natural FBs IMO Jones much better FB than CB atm

got my first winner of the afternoon simonsig

Sakho is a dominating CB LSTD lol. Jones much more comfortable at CB & DM

I don't think the two in the first are natural full backs at all, but not seen enough of them really. Prettry sure Jones had a very poor game at rb against Wigan.

Was the same with Luiz, don't see how you view these guys as natural fbs.