Football’s ’special one’ Jose Mourinho is believed to have step up the chase to lure the Ghana international as a possible replacement for Lassana Diarra who is expected to leave the club next season.
Mourinho was in charge when Essien joined Chelsea for £24.4million in 2005 and the duo have been close ever since.
But his agent, Fabien Piveteau, said: “He regularly has Jose Mourinho on the phone because they know each other well and have got on with each other since Jose was in charge of Chelsea’.
“But Real Madrid has never really appealed to him. Michael will stay at Chelsea, where he has another four years left on his contract.
“He’s very happy there, in a great city and a very good club which comes up against very good teams week in, week out.”
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