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FIND OUT what really happened between John Obi Mikel and Mark Clattenburg

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Former match-day official Mark Halsey has revealed in his autobiography what actually took place between Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and referee Mark Clattenburg during last season’s match between Chelsea and Manchester United.

The Blues midfielder accused Clattenburg of being racist towards him during the heated affair between the two Premier League heavyweights and because of the accusations made by Mikel, the referee missed four weekends of action because of the ongoing court case.

After retiring from the game, Halsey released a book of his story after he battled back from cancer and he touched upon the racism row that took the English game by storm.

He told The Sun on Sunday: ‘My information was that Mikel stormed into Mark’s dressing room when he was told about the remark after the game, shouting: “I’m going to break your legs. You called me a f****** monkey”.

‘He tried to land a punch on Mark but was pulled away by a combination of the Di Matteo and assistant Eddie Newton and Mark’s three officials, fourth official Mike Jones and assistants Mick McDonough and Simon Long.

‘Even before Mark had left Stamford Bridge that night, the press were knocking on the door of his home. The problem was that he could say nothing in his defence as part of legal advice and clauses in our contracts.’

He added: ‘I took matters in my own hands and rang Sir Alex asking him to speak out. He agreed and used his Friday press conference to say he could not conceive of Mark saying such things. It helped the situation a great deal.’

Mikel eventually received a three-match ban and was fined ÂŁ60,000.

Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt

 

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