The powerful Serb was one of the Premier League’s top defenders during Mikel’s time in West London and was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2010 and 2015.
‘Bane’, a Chelsea player from 2007 till January 2017, won several important titles in that time with the Nigeria midfielder.
It was Ivanovic’s header that decided the 2013 Europa League final against Benfica, a win that saw the Blues become one of a select few to win the Champions League, Europa League/Uefa Cup and the defunct Cup Winners Cup.
Success also meant they’d won the continent’s premier club competition and its secondary version in successive seasons, the second club to do so, and they became the first side to hold both titles too (until Bayern Munich won the CL days later on May 25 2013).
