Throwback to the transfer that never was

In 2005, John Obi Mikel was one of the world's hottest prospects. He had just come off the back of a stellar U20 campaign where Nigeria finished runners up to Argentina and he was named second best player of the tournament behind a certain Lionel Messi. England's biggest clubs had their sights set on this teen prodigy who plied his trade at Norway's Lyn Oslo and he did move to the Premier