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Check out our latest Player Profile, this is in honour of his comeback to the squad this weekend after being out for injury for the start of the season – it’s Michael Essien: Click the image for the full profile.
Players New Years Resolutions
With 2012 fast approaching, it’s that time when we start to think about our new year’s resolutions. Below are my ideas what the players may choose. Feel free to add your own in the comments section. Petr Cech: Keep consecutive … Continue read…
Essien Aralık Sonunda Dönüyor
Villas-Boas takımdaki sakat oyuncularla ilgili son bilgileri verdi…Obi Mikel – “Genk deplasmanından döndükten sonra yavaş yavaş antrenmanlara başladı ve Cumartesi günkü maç için seçenek dahilinde olacak.”Hilario – “Tam zamanlı çalışm…
No panic or desperation to replace Essien!
New Technical Director, Michael Emenalo is featured this morning on Skysports speaking of the Michael Essien injury and has openly admitted that Chelsea may not look to replace him this season and stick with what we have in his position. When asked abo…
Essien 6 Ay Yok !
Essien geçtiğimiz günlerde, yeni sezonun ilk antrenmanlarından birinde ciddi bir sakatlık geçirmişti fakat sahalardan ne kadar uzak kalacağı hakkında kesin bir bilgi yoktu. Dün akşam saatlerinde kulüpten bir açıklama geldi. Essien yırt
ESSIEN: IT’S AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT!
Chelsea have confirmed on the Official Website the news that Michael Essien will be out for six months. The statement reads:Following injury to his right knee in training last week Michael Essien had surgery today to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate…
Joao Moutinho To Replace the Injured Michael Essien
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is fighting to save his career after suffering another serious injury to his knee. The Ghana international is awaiting the results of a scan on his knee and there are fears he will be out of action for the remainder of…
ESSIEN: Major blow but let’s not jump to any conclusions.
Let’s get one thing straight and to put on record here right now, news of yet another injury to Michael Essien’s knee is a major blow to us ahead of this season. It doesn’t matter what you think of Essien’s performance last season, we have to put that …
The manager speaks
“For me, the best thing is not to talk too much about it. The more you speak about things, the less chance you have to achieve them.”When the manager finally speaks, it’s worth a listen. If only to try and relax. Gooners these last few days have bee…
Mourinho eyeing up a big move for Essien?
As reported in plenty of newspapers today, it seems that Jose Mourinho has an eye on making a move for Michael Essien. Their are figures being touted of between £18 – £35m for the our midfielder.Essien in the last few days, has become the focus of me…
“Nobody from Chelsea has told me anything”
After speculation this week that he would be involved as part of the deal to bring Wesley Sneijder to Stamford Bridge, Michael Essien has insisted he is unaware of speculation regarding his Chelsea future and his future lies with us. He said:”I do not …
ESSIEN & MALOUDA USED AS BAIT TO LURE SNEIJDER?
I reported yesterday that Guus Hiddink has told Roman Abramovich to try and do all he can to sign Wesley Sneijder and Italian Newspaper Corriere dello Sport is reporting that Chelsea are doing just that!. However it seems that Chelsea are offering Mich…
Essien Aims to Promote Peace in Africa with Africa 11 v World 11 Game
Essien’s Africa 11 v World 11 game comes off this Wednesday in Accra, Ghana. Drogba, Kalou, Cole, Terry and Malouda are the Chelsea players that will likely feature with Essien in the game. Essien will captain Africa and Ashley Cole will captain African 11. The following players will also likely feature on Wednesday: Kanu, Tony [...]
Milan in for Essien?
According to Italian newspaper Tuttosport, AC Milan are planning a raid on the Premier League this summer to bolster their midfield and one of those players is Michael Essien. It’s believed that Essien has been a long term target for Milan and with rum…
Essien – Chelsea’s sweet and sour sandwich of a season!
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has spoken confidently ahead of the match against United this weekend. The Ghana international who has recently been linked with AC Milan thinks that the Chelsea supporters will be able to do their bit to help the Blue…
AC Milan chasing Michael Essien?
Chelsea are looking to freshen up their squad at the end of the season by selling some of their older players and bringing in younger replacements. Didier Drogba and Malouda have already been mentioned as possibilities to leave in the summer. Now Micha…
Lessons From Britannia
What did you think of our draw against Stoke? Did we deserve a win, draw or loss? I asked fellow Blues these questions after the Stoke game. Some Blues felt we deserved the draw and some felt we deserved to lose. A few Blues felt we were unlucky not to have won. In my [...]
Give Essien Time
Ghana national team deputy coach, Akwasi Appiah says calls by some Ghanaians to drop Essien from the national team due to Essien’s self imposed exile are misplaced. Essien has not played for Ghana since his second half appearance against Cote D’Ivoire in the group stage of 2010 African Cup of Nations (CAN). During that match [...]
Chamakh voted third best African player ahead of Essien and Drogba!
The massive African Football website MTNFootball has conducted a poll of over 12,000 Africans to find out who they think is the best African player in the Premiership, and the Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh finished third overall with 18% of the vote…
Alex – I expect Ramires will score lots of goals, like Essien!
The Chelsea and Brazil defender Alex believes that the arrival of his countryman Ramires from Benfica will mean a lot more goals will be coming from midfield this season.
“I was talking with Jose Bosingwa and we were saying how Ramires is a lot like Michael Essien,” said Alex yesterday.
“He’s not as strong as Essien [...]
Crystal Palace v Chelsea extended highlights – Essien’s back!
Chelsea returned to action after securing the famous League and FA Cup double last season, and theystarted with a low-key friendly against London neighbours Crystal Palace.
There were many World Cup stars missing as they are given extended breaks to recover from their exertions, so Daniel Sturridge and Franco Di Santo led the attack in the [...]
Ancelotti – Who needs Torres? We have enough strikers already!
The Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear that the Blues are not interested in signing Fernando Torres from Liverpool, as Chelsea already have four first-team strikers.
“I don’t think we need other strikers,” he said. “Nothing has changed because in the next days we have Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou back and [...]
Essien – I hope to be ready in time for new season
The Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is gutted that he can’t play in tonight’s World Cup QuarterFinal against Uruguay, but says that he is recovering well from his injury, and hopes to be back in time for the start of the new season at Stamford Bridge.
“I’ve been going in to rehab every day.” Essien said. “It’s [...]
Michael Essien extends Chelsea contract until 2015
The Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien may have missed quite a lot of last season through injury, but he still did enough to convince Carlo Ancelotti that he is worth holding on to for the rest of his career.
The 27-year old has signed a new three year extension to his contract, which means he will be [...]
Mikel and Essien both out for season
Chelsea have received another double injury blow as both John Obi Mikel and Michael Essien are ruled out for the rest of the season.
Mikel was taken off against Spurs with a tear in his knee, and said after the game: “It’s a little tear in the knee meniscus,”
“I won’t play this weekend and the [...]
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