Super Eagles Captain and Middlesbrough’s midfielder, John Obi Mikel says his daughters Ava and Mia are his biggest supporters after posting the picture of the twins on his social media handle.

The midfielder was instrumental in Tony Pulis-tutored side away win over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park last weekend, a performance that earned him a place in the English Championship team of the week.

Mikel, however, revealed the inspiration behind his good performances for the Riverside team on his Instagram post on Wednesday.

“My biggest supporters, my angels,” The Chelsea legend wrote with the picture of his twins wearing the colours of Boro with their father’s name  Mikel written at the back

The twin Ava and Mia were born in 2015 few years after the 2013 AFCON winner got engaged to Russian businesswoman Olga Diyachenko.