{"id":345390,"date":"2011-03-28T16:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/michael-essien-sets-ghana-return-for-june\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T16:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T16:30:42","slug":"michael-essien-sets-ghana-return-for-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/michael-essien-sets-ghana-return-for-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien Sets Ghana Return For June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"51\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/essiencaptain2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26005\" title=\"Michael Essien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e126d102in2-300x207.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien will return to action for Ghana in June<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea ace Michael Essien has told the Ghana Football Association he will be available for international duty in June this year. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder took a break off national team assignment after a knee injury kept in January him out of the 2010 World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Accra-based radio station Joy FM, officials of the Ghana FA had confirmed at the team\u2019s Hotel in London that the 28-year-old will return in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>This means he will be selected to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations return leg against Congo on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Essien has confirmed he will be a spectator at Wembley on Tuesday when his team mates play England.<\/p>\n<p>He has been capped 51 times and scored 9 goals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e126d102in2-300x207.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/michael-essien-sets-ghana-return-for-june\/\" title=\"Michael Essien Sets Ghana Return For June\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Essien Sets Ghana Return For June<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Michael Essien will return to action for Ghana in June Chelsea ace Michael Essien has told the Ghana Football Association he will be available for international duty in June this year. 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