Soc: United call for Chelsea sanctions over Mikel saga

AAP Sports News (Australia), January, 2006

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 01-31-2006 Soc: United call for Chelsea sanctions over Mikel saga MANCHESTER, England, Jan 30 AFP - Manchester United have demanded FIFA takes action against Chelsea if it is proved the English Premier League champions hijacked the John Obi Mikel transfer. The two clubs are involved in a bitter tug-of-war over the 18-year-old Nigerian who initially signed a contract with United from his Norwegian club Lyn Oslo, only to later claim he was forced to sign and wanted to join Chelsea instead. United has sent a nine-page letter to FIFA, co-signed by chief executive David Gill and Morgan Anderson, Lyn's sporting director, in which a number of allegations were made against the Premiership champions. In the letter, the Red...

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