Mikel challenges Jackson to 'shut me up with goals'

Chelsea fable John Obi Mikel has challenged Ivorian striker Nicolas Jackson to unopen him up with his goals.

“If helium plays well, I volition praise him! If determination is thing to beryllium said astir him, wherever helium needs to improve, I volition decidedly accidental it,” Mikel said this connected Monday connected the Obi One Podcast successful absorption to Jackson hitting backmost astatine him via a station connected his Instagram account.

“You cognize if helium scores each week and tells maine to unopen up, I volition instrumentality that.”

The ex-Nigeria planetary criticised Jackson for deficiency of extremity merchandise successful beforehand of extremity and suggested that Chelsea needed an upgrade – a apical striker the Ivorian tin larn from.

Mikel had besides hinted that Jackson was not the close antheral to pb the Blues’ onslaught aft their 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Manchester City astatine Stamford Bridge successful their archetypal Premier League lucifer of the season.

“You request a striker who knows however to deed a shot successful the backmost of the net. That’s what we don’t have,” Mikel had said successful his post-match analysis.

“I cognize I speech truthful overmuch astir it and sometimes I dependable similar I disrespect him, but I don’t disrespect him. I deliberation we request a apical striker who tin get america goals.

“To get a striker who scores goals. Jackson, yes, helium does a small spot present and there, but we request a apical striker similar we did backmost successful our day. Didier Drogba. We knew if you springiness him 2 oregon 3 chances helium volition people one.”

Jackson aft scoring and making an assistance successful Chelsea’s 6-2 mauling of Wolverhampton Wanderers successful Sunday’s Premier League crippled astatine the Molineux fired backmost astatine Mikel connected IG.

“Shut your mouth, don’t speech s***, we are sidesplitting ourselves for Africa,” the Blues and Senegal striker clapped backmost astatine Mikel.

Mikel added that helium likes Jackson but feels that determination are elements of his crippled that helium needs to amended on.

“I truly similar the feline arsenic a shot player. I similar him. There’s thing determination arsenic a shot player. You know, I haven’t said that he’s a atrocious subordinate astatine all. I’ve conscionable said that his finishing qualities are not determination yet,” the Chelsea fable explained.

“He’s a young lad and each I’ve said is that helium needs a much experienced striker to travel into the shot nine to assistance him. To assistance him improve, to assistance him get better. Because we each know, we each tin spot the displacement helium puts successful week in, week out.

“So for me, I would similar to spot my African brother, similar helium said, bash good successful the Premier League. Come to Chelsea, a large club, a monolithic nine wherever we’ve had 1 of the top strikers successful Didier Drogba from Africa. I would similar to spot him bash good arsenic well.”