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John Mikel Obi became the 21st player to make 350 appearances for Chelsea in the Blues’ 2-2 draw against Watford in Saturday’s English Premier League fixture. The Nigerian was a 46th minute substitute for Cesc Fabregas as Guus Hiddink’s team failed to subdue the Hornets at the Stamford Bridge. Also, the feat makes him become the club’s third-highest overseas appearance maker since his move from Lyn Oslo in 2006. “Personally it is going to be great for me if I can achieve that number,’ Mikel told Chelsea website before the game against Quique Sanchez Flores’ team. “I also want to push on and see how many more appearances I can get. For me it has been a great time here, I still enjoy it and ever since I walked into this football club I knew this was the place for me. “I am so happy and so proud of the amount of games I have played for this club and at the same time using these games to win trophies and medals. This is the most important thing. “For the past 10 years we ...

The former Barcelona midfielder insists he respects the 52-year-old's style - but claims winning at all costs is not the same mentality he adopts Xavi  admits he doesn’t not agree with  Jose Mourinho’s  style of football and suggests that the former  Chelsea  manager is not true to his philosophy. Mourinho has won multiple league titles in England, Spain, Italy and Portugal, while he has also guided Porto and Inter to success in the Champions League. The former Barcelona midfielder insists he respects the 52-year-old’s approach to football but would not use the same methods if he were a manager. "He always wanted to win at any price and that shows in the way he goes about things,” Xavi told  Record .  “I respect that philosophy but winning at any cost means you can't stay true to a playing style.  “For me, the means don't always justify the ends.  “I have a lot of respect for him, he has achieved great things, but I see football in a ...

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal said he could "quit by myself" after Stoke City beat his side 2-0 to condemn them to a fourth straight defeat. The Dutchman, under pressure after seven games without a victory, was asked at his post-match news conference whether he feared he would be sacked. Van Gaal, 64, said that was something he would discuss with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and not the media. "It is not always the club that has to fire or sack me," he said. "Sometimes I do that by myself, but I am the one who wants to speak first with the board of Manchester United and my members of staff and my players, not with you." United's miserable run has seen them knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage and slip out of the top four in the Premier League. Van Gaal, who succeeded David Moyes in the summer of 2014, said the club had backed him "all the time" but added: "We have lost so there is a new si...