Mikel Obi pays tribute to late coach whom he worked with at Chelsea

Wilkins died at the St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south London where he has been in an induced coma for five days after suffering from cardiac arrest.

Mikel who worked with the 61-year-old former England international at Chelsea took to his social media to pay tribute.

“RIP Ray Wilkins. A pleasure to have known you. A true gentleman. Today is a sad day for football,” Mikel Obi wrote on his Twitter.

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Mikel worked with Wilkins

Mikel and Wilkins worked together between 2008 and 2010 season when the former Manchester United, AC Milan, Rangers and QPR, worked alongside Luiz Felipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

When Scolari was sacked in February  2009, Wilkins was appointed as Chelsea’s caretaker manager for the Fifth round FA Cup tie with Watford which they won game 3–1, through a Nicolas Anelka hat-trick.

Mikel was on the pitch for 73 minutes in that game.

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Super Eagles goalkeeper Carl Ikeme also paid tribute to the late Wilkins.

“Never met the man but always loved listening to him talk … Rest In Peace,” Ikeme wrote on Twitter.