Below
is what the club posted on its official website but what they failed to state
is whether the deal is an improved one (pay package-wise) or not. The 25 year
old currently earns 80,000 pounds per week at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce John Mikel Obi has
signed a new five-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2017.
The midfielder has been a first-team regular since arriving as a
19-year-old in the summer of 2006.
Mikel
made his debut that August, and has gone on to make 261 appearances, 213 as a
starter. In that time he has scored twice.
Originally an attack-minded midfielder, it was Jose Mourinho who
saw the defensive potential in the player, and he has since been used as an
anchorman after learning from the great Claude Makelele in his early Chelsea
days.
The 25-year-old won the club's Young Player of the Year award in
his first season. Since then he has collected four FA Cup medals, one Barclays
Premier League, a Carling Cup and of course the Champions League, where in the
Final in May he played an important role in keeping Bayern Munich at bay.
Upon signing his new deal, the Nigerian international said: 'Chelsea
'I have basically won everything with Chelsea and those years have
been really special for me, winning trophies with big names like Didier Drogba,
John Terry
and Frank Lampard
who have had very long Chelsea careers.
'Last season to win the Champions League was even more
special,' he added, 'and I hope these next five years will bring even more
success and I can win trophies with the new players we have here.
'Being 25 I think I am now hitting my peak but as a player you want to
improve every day and there is still room for that. I want to learn from the
players and the manager and I just want to keep going.' 
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