The list lengthens. Chelsea’s bad karma with its World Cup representatives continued with John Obi Mikel set to miss the World Cup. He joins club team mates Michael Essien and Michael Ballack on the sidelines.
Mikel was unable to recover in time after sustaining an ankle injury on the first day of training. Scans showed that he would not recover in time.
African teams are already hard hit by the absence of Michael Essien, possibly Didier Drogba with his elbow fracture, and now Mikel.