{"id":417576,"date":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/chelsea-midfielder-michael-essien-to-return-to-international-duty-with-ghana-in-june-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T20:00:00","slug":"chelsea-midfielder-michael-essien-to-return-to-international-duty-with-ghana-in-june-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/chelsea-midfielder-michael-essien-to-return-to-international-duty-with-ghana-in-june-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to return to international duty with Ghana in June &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kent Mensah<\/h3>\n<h4>4 May 2011 21:00:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.9573796369\">\n<div readability=\"14.6034482759\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Essien, Ghana (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/63100\/63120_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Essien, Ghana (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"18.6251298027\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ghana\/782\/michael-essien\">Michael Essien<\/a> will end his 18-month exile from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ghana\/657\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> by playing in the Black Stars&#8217; African Cup of Nations 2012 qualifier against Congo on June 5, according to <em>KickOffGhana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old is reported to have confided in close friends that he will make himself available after a year-and-a-half out.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of that international game, the Chelsea man &#8211; who is currently on being tracked by AC Milan &#8211; will host top football stars both current and former for a peace match in Accra on May 25.<\/p>\n<p>His official website confirms that many current players such as Samuel Eto&#8217;o, Didier Drogba, Nwankwo Kanu, Kolo and Yaya Toure, Salomon Kalou and Stephen Appiah will all be playing.<\/p>\n<p>The list also includes Blues team-mates Ashley Cole, John Terry and Shaun Wright-Phillips. The game is part of Essien&#8217;s commitment to promoting and raising the awareness of peace in Africa using football. The funds raised from the game will be used to enhance peace initiatives across Africa.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2886\/africa\/2011\/05\/04\/2471676\/chelsea-midfielder-michael-essien-to-return-to-international\" title=\"Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to return to international duty with Ghana in June - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to return to international duty with Ghana in June &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kent Mensah 4 May 2011 21:00:00 Michael Essien, Ghana (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Essien will end his 18-month exile from Ghana by playing in the Black Stars&#8217; African Cup of Nations 2012 qualifier against Congo on June 5, according to KickOffGhana . The 28-year-old is reported to have confided in close friends that he will make himself available after a year-and-a-half out. Ahead of that international game, the Chelsea man &#8211; who is currently on being tracked by AC Milan &#8211; will host top football stars both current and former for a peace match in Accra on May 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":417577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-417576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to return to international duty with Ghana in June - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/chelsea-midfielder-michael-essien-to-return-to-international-duty-with-ghana-in-june-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien to return to international duty with Ghana in June - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kent Mensah 4 May 2011 21:00:00 Michael Essien, Ghana (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Essien will end his 18-month exile from Ghana by playing in the Black Stars&#039; African Cup of Nations 2012 qualifier against Congo on June 5, according to KickOffGhana . 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