Who knew John Obi Mikel was such a character?
The Paul Pogba saga has been the dominant story of the transfer window this summer as it feels like every day, even after the deal has been completed, it's all over the headlines as someone has given their view either on the player, the fee, or what it means for the modern game.
None of that applies to Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, but he's still going to make headlines with his comments as he has used the free time he has at the Rio Olympics where he is one of the overage players for Nigeria to have a quick laugh at Pogba's expense.
And it was rather well played.
Welcome back to the @premierleague @paulpogba - looking forward to facing you again my friend ? ? ☠ #EPL pic.twitter.com/Rt0bFcgnFO
— Mikel John Obi (@mikel_john_obi) August 12, 2016
We don't see enough of that from Premier League footballers, maybe it's because 90% of them have a PR team controlling their accounts and only pushing out sponsored tweets and photos from the match they just played in.
Unfortunately for Mikel, if he is looking forward to facing Pogba this season then he will have to get into the Chelsea team first. There you are Paul, there's your response.
