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Obi Mikel: Chelsea players want success for Abramovich

John Obi Mikel says Chelsea's players want to bring success to club owner Roman Abramovich.

The Nigeria midfielder told the Sunday Telegraph: "Some people say they don't like Chelsea because of the sort of football we play, or maybe because we have so many big players and the money the club pays for them but that is the way Abramovich wants his clubs to be.

"It's his money, not anyone else's and when you have money, no one should tell you what to spend it on. Abramovich puts his money where he wants it to be. We all love him. Of course we love him. He is a nice man and he comes into the dressing-room or to the training ground and he talks to everybody. He asks about my family and if everything is okay with them. Sometimes, he also plays football with his friends next to where we are training. It is good to see that."

Having lost out on the Premier League to United, Chelsea need to win in Moscow to avoid finishing the season without a trophy for the first time since 2004-2005.

Mikel says: "By reaching the final, we have one hand on the cup and now we have to go out there and make sure we put two hands on it and lift it. We have to go out there and make sure it's a do-or-die game, we must not come off that pitch not winners. But I don't think we will come out of the season without a trophy."

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