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The Obi One Podcast

The Obi One Podcast

By: John Obi Mikel and Chris McHardy
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Summary

Welcome to The Obi One Podcast. Join Chelsea and Nigeria legend, John Obi Mikel, as he chats candidly to the game’s biggest names. From former team-mates, to his greatest rivals, to some of today’s current heroes.


Alongside Chris McHardy, renowned sports broadcaster, the pair bring you the dressing room secrets, the untold stories, the in-jokes and the disagreements.


Make sure to download The Obi One Podcast for free on your preferred podcast platform NOW. You can also watch every episode - in full - on our YouTube channel - @obionepodcast

John Obi Mikel and Chris McHardy
Football (Soccer)
Episodes
  • ‘Chelsea’s DNA gone’: Palmer ‘lost’, players want out & zero direction | What now? 🫣
    May 7 2026

    Chelsea is a club on its knees. Six successive league defeats, four on the bounce at Stamford Bridge and the worst run of results since 1993. Little wonder then, Blues legend John Obi Mikel is crestfallen.


    Resigned to Chelsea’s fate this season, Mikel calls out the club’s ills and demands a reset this summer as he fears the club are slipping into mediocrity and a finish outside the top half.


    So what is needed? Leaders? Check. A semblance of a plan? Check. Xavi Alonso…?! 👀


    Watch as an impassioned Mikel breaks down what needs to happen sooner rather than later.


    Mikel also gives his verdict on the Premier League title run in, begrudgingly gives Arsenal their flowers and laments the loss of Manchester City’s most important player.


    Oh, and José Mourinho back to Real Madrid? Mikel gives his view.


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • ‘Chelsea’s DNA gone’: Palmer ‘lost’, players want out & zero direction | What now? 🫣
    May 5 2026

    Chelsea is a club on its knees. Six successive league defeats, four on the bounce at Stamford Bridge and the worst run of results since 1993. Little wonder then, Blues legend John Obi Mikel is crestfallen.


    Resigned to Chelsea’s fate this season, Mikel calls out the club’s ills and demands a reset this summer as he fears the club are slipping into mediocrity and a finish outside the top half.


    So what is needed? Leaders? Check. A semblance of a plan? Check. Xavi Alonso…?! 👀


    Watch as an impassioned Mikel breaks down what needs to happen sooner rather than later.


    Mikel also gives his verdict on the Premier League title run in, begrudgingly gives Arsenal their flowers and laments the loss of Manchester City’s most important player.


    Oh, and José Mourinho back to Real Madrid? Mikel gives his view.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Chelsea in Crisis: FA Cup salvation, JT’s snub & why Filipe Luís should be boss
    Apr 27 2026

    There’s no shortage of talking points for John Obi Mikel and Chris McHardy to wade through after a tumultuous week that saw Chelsea sack boss Liam Rosenior AND reach the FA Cup Final.


    As always, Mikel doesn’t hold back as he applauds Chelsea’s win over Leeds AND picks through the wreckage of their’s shambolic 3-0 loss at Brighton, a result that ended Rosenior’s tenure after just 106 days.


    Who’s next in the Blues hot seat? Mikel and Chris discuss the leading candidates and John Terry’s latest snub by the club’s owners.


    Mikel also sets the record straight on “fake news” doing the rounds on social media, and pays tribute to his fellow Nigerian Michael Eneramo who passed away over the weekend.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
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