{"id":400546,"date":"2011-04-26T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/essien-injury-return-fears-allayed-boost-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T23:02:52","slug":"essien-injury-return-fears-allayed-boost-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/essien-injury-return-fears-allayed-boost-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien Injury Return Fears Allayed, Boost For Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"63\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ess12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27909\" title=\"Essien injury fears allayed, boost for Ghana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/726badf2s12-300x180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"English side Chelsea have confirmed Michael Essien is not injured as initially feared which means he is on course for a Black Stars return in June as widely speculated.\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Essien could return to action for Ghana in June<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>English side Chelsea have confirmed Michael Essien is not injured as initially feared which means he is on course for a Black Stars return in June as widely speculated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This also means Essien\u2019s charity game between an African XI select side and a World XI select side the AU Peace Ambassador has lined for 25 May will go ahead<\/p>\n<p>Scans showed he suffered only a minor tendon problem in Saturday\u2019s victory over West Ham which makes the midfielder available for their must-win Premier League clash with Tottenham on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Essien had to be helped from the field shortly before the hour mark of the Blues\u2019 3-0 derby win at Stamford Bridge after pulling up with what appeared to be a left knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Scans on Tuesday showed the problem was with a tendon but the 28-year-old escaped any serious damage and will be monitored ahead of Saturday evening\u2019s Spurs match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael had a minor problem with a tendon above his knee during the West Ham game and came off as a precaution,\u201d Chelsea said in a statement on their official website<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScans show no significant issues in that area. We will look at him over the course of this week with regards to availability for the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Essien for the final four games of the season would have been a blow to Chelsea\u2019s slim hopes of retaining the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder had begun to rediscover his form after Ancelotti restored the Blues\u2019 three-man midfield with John Obi Mikel in the anchor role, allowing Essien to get further forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/726badf2s12-300x180.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/04\/essien-injury-return-fears-allayed-boost-for-ghana\/\" title=\"Essien Injury Return Fears Allayed, Boost For Ghana\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essien Injury Return Fears Allayed, Boost For Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":399557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-400546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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