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'I can't apologise for something my colleague said he did': Chelsea icon John Obi Mikel says he WON'T say sorry to Mark Clattenburg for 'almost ruining his career' with accusations of racism that saw him 'want to break down his door' before ref was cleare

Jon Obi Mikel does not feel he should apologise to former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg for the racism storm that engulfed the pair of them in 2012 when his Chelsea team-mate Ramires thought he heard a racist slur aimed at the Nigerian from the official.

Ramires claimed he heard Clattenburg say 'shut up you monkey' to Mikel in Chelsea's 3-2 defeat by Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League that October.

The allegations saw Clattenburg miss four weekends of Premier League matches before he was cleared by the Football Association, while the police soon dropped their own inquiry.