Mikel Obi suspended for three games, fined £60,000

Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi, has been given a three-match ban and fined £60,000, for his behaviour after Chelsea’s defeat to Manchester United in October.

The Nigerian international entered Mark Clattenburg’s room after the feisty clash and confronted the referee, after he was told by his team mates that the official used racist language on him. The allegations have been proven to be false.

“The Regulatory Commission’s independent chairman Christopher Quinlan QC emphasised that the Independent Regulatory Commission accepted, as did The FA, that at the time he threatened the referee the player genuinely believed that the referee had racially abused him,” a statement on the FA website read.

“But for that factor the suspension would have been significantly longer.”

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