Blues fume over Mikel racist abuse

Chelsea last night condemned racist abuse of John Obi Mikel on Twitter, after the midfielder deleted his account.

Mikel removed his profile from the social networking site less than 24 hours after his mistake helped cost the Blues victory in the opening match of their Champions League defence against Juventus.

The 25-year-old Nigerian has deleted the ‘Mikel12Official’ account he set up this summer and Chelsea last night admitted they have informed the police about the tweets.