(Video): The incredible 16 year old who impressed world class players in trial at Chelsea

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Jon Obi Mikel has been making headlines for his podcast recently, but nobody should forget how good he was as a player too.

The midfielder did a trial at Chelsea as a teenager (before his famously ill-fated run in with Sir Alex Ferguson) where he wowed everyone. Marcel Desailly – then a world class player at the top of his game – was able to tell the whole story on BeinSport this week. It's really fascinating to hear the inside story on Mikel's incredible precocious talent as a teenager.

You can hear Marcel tell the impressive story in the clip embedded here:

"He was the one"@marceldesailly tells the story of how impressive Mikel John Obi was as a 17 year-old on trial at Chelsea!#beINUCL#CFCpic.twitter.com/UPCpBFPOnD

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