For them to label our African dad racist means it’s a joke – Mikel Obi slams Galatasaray for accusing Jose Mourinho of being a racist

Former Super Eagles and Chelsea player,  John Obi Mikel has described as a joke accusations by Galatasaray that Jose Mourinho is a racist. Mourinho was accused of making racist statements by Galatasaray following his post-match comments after Mondays derby with Fenerbahce which ended 0-0.Speaking in his post-match press conference after the derby, Mourinho said the Galatasaray bench had been jumping like monkeys and also repeated his criticism of Turkish referees, saying it would have been a disaster to use an official from the country.Mondays match was handled by Slovenian Slavko Vincic after both clubs requested a foreign official take charge of the fixture.Galatasaray, in a statement, said they would initiate criminal proceedings against the Portuguese accusing him of being racist.Reacting to the accusations on the Obi One Podcast, Mikel dismissed it as baseless. For them to label our African dad racist for me thats a joke. Not Jose Mourinho, not someone that I know really well, someone we all know really well, Mikel who played under Mourinho at Chelsea said.This is football politics in Turkey and Jose Mourinho is somebody that loves everybody, a beautiful human being, the most straightforward human being you can ever meet in your life. He says it as it is he loved us as his own children.So for me this comment, this situation I dont even want to get into it because its baseless. Mikela former Chelsea teammate Didier Drogba also dismissed the claims by his former club Galatasaray that Mourinho is a racist. Dear @GalatasaraySK, you know how proud I was to wear the yellow and red jersey and my love for the most decorated club in Turkey!! Drogba wrote on his X handle.We all know how passionate and heated rivalries can be, and Ive been lucky enough to experience it.Ive seen the recent comments about Jose Mourinho.Trust me when I tell you I have known Jose for xx years and he is not a racist and history (past and recent ) is there to prove it.Lets focus on our games, support our brilliant lions and lets win the league to get close to our 5 How can my Dad be a racist. Come on guys. The post For them to label our African dad racist means it’s a joke – Mikel Obi slams Galatasaray for accusing Jose Mourinho of being a racist appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.