Mikel Obi said: “I feel highly honoured to be appointed as Youth Ambassador of this country, it is a great feeling. - Mikel John Obi

I’ve never been a Ronaldo fan really. For me, when a player has so much ego, I don’t really get it. He’s never been one of my favourite players and that’s why I always go for Messi really.

Yeah, they probably think I was, you know, I'm a bit underrated. But it's not something that really got to me. I mean, I was just there doing my work, you know, enjoying playing football and enjoying being at the club. But when it comes down to the national team, I was always someone who is more, you can look at me as someone who was underrated.

I am happy with this partnership and I promise to do my best to encourage and inspire the youths towards national development, not just in football but in other sports like Basketball, Boxing among others.