John Mikel Obi has received a cordial message from his former captain at Chelsea, John Terry, as the new skipper at Aston Villa says he is missing the Nigerian star.

Both players starred together at Chelsea for 11 years, within which time they won several trophies with The Blues but, now their paths have separated and Terry has admitted he’s missing his former teammate.

Mikel, who is on holiday with his family as the Chinese League is on break, posted a picture of his two daughters and wrote: “My love bugs.”

My love bugs ♥️

A post shared by Mikel Obi (@mikel_john_obi) on Dec 27, 2017 at 1:39am PST

In reaction, Terry wrote beneath the post: “Looking well old boy@mikel_john_obi, missing ya mate. Send my love to the family (sic).”