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EXTRA TIME: Mikel Obi, Essien, Ikeme mourn Ray Wilkins

John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien and Carl Ikeme have paid tribute to former England captain Ray Wilkins who died on Wednesday.

The former Queens Park Rangers and Fulham manager suffered a cardiac arrest late last month and passed away at the hospital, aged 61.

And ex-Chelsea players including Essien, Mikel and the Wolverhampton Wanderers' goalkeeper have paid their respect to the former Chelsea assistant coach.

RIP Ray Wilkins. A pleasure to have known you. A true gentleman. Today is a sad day for football.

A post shared by Mikel Obi (@mikel_john_obi) on Apr 4, 2018 at 6:42am PDT

A post shared by Michael Essien® ud83cuddecud83cudded (@iam_ess) on Apr 4, 2018 at 6:36am PDT

Never met the man but always loved listening to him talk .