EPL: He’s big, strong – Obi Mikel urges Chelsea to sign 26-year-old attacker

Former Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel has urged the Blues to motion Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyökeres.

Obi-Mikel insisted that the 26-year-old is large and strong, adding that determination is nary amended striker than him successful Europe astatine the moment.

Gyökeres has been linked with a determination distant from Sporting successful the January transportation window.

When asked whether Gyökeres would win astatine Chelsea, Mikel said connected The Obi One Podcast: “Definitely. For me, helium is simply a Premier League player, helium is simply a subordinate that suits the Premier League. He has each property to beryllium a Premier League player, strong, big, quick, and astir importantly goalscoring.

“He has each property to beryllium a Premier League player, strong, big, quick, and astir importantly goalscoring.

“He tin people goals and erstwhile you look astatine it, his goalscoring ratio is amended than immoderate striker close present successful Europe, the stats are determination to backmost it up.”