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Michael Essien rates Chelsea’s Champions League chances & Tuchel’s job

Michael Essien rates Chelsea’s Champions League chances & Tuchel’s job

Premier League
Michael Essien claims Chelsea can win the Champions League this season and feels Thomas Tuchel is doing a ‘great job’ at the club. In order to set up a meeting with either Real Madrid or Liverpool in the semi-final, they will have to get past Porto after getting a 2-0 win over them in the first leg. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); And Essien, who was in Chelsea’s Champions League-winning squad in 2012, believes the blues have the ability to win it this year. ‘I think they can win it,’ Essien told talkSPORT. ‘If they win the Champions League that would be a great achievement for the players and the football club.’ Frank Lampard was sacked as Chelsea boss at the end of January after a run of two wins in just eight Premier League matches which had left ...
Essien reveals how Drogba convinced him to reject Man Utd

Essien reveals how Drogba convinced him to reject Man Utd

Premier League, Trending
Chelsea legend Michael Essien says he would have ‘loved’ to play for Manchester United but he couldn’t turn down the Blues after Didier Drogba teamed up with Jose Mourinho to convince him to move to the club. The Ghanian was at Lyon when he was the subject of a tug-of-war between big Premier League clubs, with Sir Alex Ferguson viewing the midfielder as long-term replacement for Roy Keane. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Red devils were leading the race throughout 2005 but it was Chelsea that eventually won the race for Essien’s signature and he won eight titles during his nine years in London. And Essien has revealed that Chelsea legend Didier Drogba was very key in his decision to join the blues as the striker spoke to him on the phone before pass...
Essien joined Real Madrid with just boots & Chelsea tracksuit

Essien joined Real Madrid with just boots & Chelsea tracksuit

La Liga
Michael Essien has revealed how his last minute move on loan to Real Madrid came about in 2012 as he linked up with Jose Mourinho in Spaain on transfer deadline day. Chelsea were set to face Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup but he missed the match after getting a call from the 'special one' Mourinho. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chelsea ended up losing the game 4-1 and Michael Essien made a quick exit from the club. “A strange number called me but I didn’t want to answer it, but my cousin, who was in the room with me that day, told me to pick it up,” Essien told GhanaWeb. Kante opts out of Chelsea training over coronavirus fears Wanyama: Players didn’t want to pass to Sadio Mane “The number kept calling so I picked and, as soon as I s...
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