{"id":421251,"date":"2011-05-11T07:59:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T07:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/11\/michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return\/"},"modified":"2011-05-11T07:59:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T07:59:39","slug":"michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/11\/michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien Expects Warm Reception From Home Fans On Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"55\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28911\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return\/essiencaptain-18\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28911\" title=\"Michael Essien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/essiencaptain1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien captaining Ghana at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghana midfield star Michael Essien is hoping to enjoy a good reception from local fans when he plays on home soil for the first time in three-years next month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea ace announced his return to the Black Stars on Monday after a one-year absence after suffering from two serious injuries that nearly jeopardized his career.<\/p>\n<p>There have been mixed reactions over his return to the national team but the 28-year-old is optimistic of enjoying home support from fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI had a very bad injury and it could have ended my career and I thank God I am back on my feet. I have my for back now and hopefully I will have a good reception coming into the national team again,\u201d Essien said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeriously I have no idea how it will go but the good thing is that I\u2019m ready to come back to the national team and help my country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know my break did not down well with certain fans but they have to understand my point of view. The injuries I suffered could have ended my career. It\u2019s funny when I heard people were arguing I was not coming to play again. I just stay at home and laugh at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return\/\" title=\"Michael Essien Expects Warm Reception From Home Fans On Return\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Essien Expects Warm Reception From Home Fans On Return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. By Patrick Akoto Michael Essien captaining Ghana at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Ghana midfield star Michael Essien is hoping to enjoy a good reception from local fans when he plays on home soil for the first time in three-years next month. The Chelsea ace announced his return to the Black Stars on Monday after a one-year absence after suffering from two serious injuries that nearly jeopardized his career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Essien Expects Warm Reception From Home Fans On Return - 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\/11\/michael-essien-expects-warm-reception-from-home-fans-on-return\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael Essien Expects Warm Reception From Home Fans On Return - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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