John Obi Mikel, a former midfielder for Nigeria, had surgery in the UK.
On June 22, Saturday, Mikel Obi shared pictures from before and after the surgery on his Instagram story.
The nature of the procedure was kept a secret by the 37-year-old.
He wrote, “Pre-op, let’s go,” as the caption for one of the pre-op photos.
Later, he uploaded a picture of himself recovering from surgery in a hospital bed with the comment, “All good, #PostOp