“If you play well, I’ll praise you” – Mikel Obi replies Nicolas Jackson

Chelsea legend John Mikel Obi has answered back to striker Nicolas Jackson’s angry remarks, in which he told the former Nigerian player to be quiet.

Recently, Mikel Obi had criticized Jackson for his lack of goal scoring ability for Chelsea.

Mikel Obi had an illustrious career with Chelsea, winning every possible trophy.

In their recent match against Wolves, Jackson scored and assisted in a 6-2 victory, showing vast improvement from a previous disappointing performance.

After Sunday’s victory Jackson took to Instagram with a furious post, writing, “(Mikel) shut your mouth don’t talk s**t, we are killing ourselves for Africa.”

Mikel responded to this comment on his The Obi One podcast saying, “I really like the guy as a football player, there’s something there as a football player. I haven’t said that he’s a bad player at all. I’ve just said that his finishing qualities, it’s not there yet.

“All I’ve said is that he needs a more kind of experienced striker to come into the football club, to help him, to help him improve, to help him get better because we all know, we can all see the shift he puts in week in week out.

“If he plays well I will praise him, if there is something to be said about him where he needs to improve, I will definitely say it. If he scores every week and tells me to shut up, I’ll take it.”