He took Abramovich's Yacht on holiday — Mikel Obi claims ex-Chelsea teammate received special treatment

Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has shared a light-hearted story highlighting the extraordinary generousity of former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich toward his top players.

Mikel was speaking on his podcast, where former teammate and legendary Chelsea captain John Terry appeared as a guest.

Both icons were reminicing on their time at Chelsea and the Nigerian made a comment suggesting Terry was allowed to use the Russian billionaire’s personal yacht for holidays with his family.

Terry, one of Chelsea's most decorated players with 717 appearances and 15 major trophies including five Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League, happily confirmed the exclusive treat.

"Yeah he let me and Lamps [Frank Lampard] take the yacht on holiday but it was only one time," Terry confirmed.

The ex-defender then praised the former owner's impact on the club’s success, which was built on the foundation of stalwarts like Terry, Mikel, Lampard, Didier Drogba, and Petr Čech.

"Abramovich was an amazing person.. he was a really nice person, one of the nicest people you would ever meet."

He pointed to the immediate investment in infrastructure:

"When he walked into Harlington [Chelsea's old training ground] he said no we are not training here and then he bought Cobham and turned it into what it is today.

"He really did everything possible to give us the best platform to succeed, and was invested in the players and fans as well.

"The amount of times he would pay for fan travel to away games, just one of the nicest people you could ever meet in your life."