{"id":440168,"date":"2011-06-13T08:29:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/jose-mourinho-steps-up-interest-in-michael-essien\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:45","slug":"jose-mourinho-steps-up-interest-in-michael-essien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/jose-mourinho-steps-up-interest-in-michael-essien\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho Steps Up Interest In Michael Essien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has stepped up his interest in signing Ghana midfielder Michael Essien from English side Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho is seeking to replace French Lassana Diarra who is eager to leave the Royal club next season, according to Spanish newspaper Marca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssien can cover the entire width of the field and some more than good technical conditions.\u201d the Spanish newspaper described the Ghanaian stopper.<\/p>\n<p>Marca also revealed that Essien\u2019s problem is his price about 40 million Euros so Real Madrid will splash the cash for the Ghanaian\u2019s services.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year old midfielder has committed his future to Chelsea last month and ruled out reports linked him with a summer move to AC Milan and Inter Milan as still has four years in his current contract with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008 African player of the year made 51 appearances with Ghana national team and helped his side to snatch the team of 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Essien missed the rest games of the English Premier League with Chelsea in 2010 after sustaining a knee injury during international duty in the 2010 African Nations Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|View the original here|More|More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Continued here|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original article|Originally posted here|Visit site|See the original post||See the original article here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the article|See more here|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|Taken from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|Continue Reading|See the article here|Read this article|View article|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has stepped up his interest in signing Ghana midfielder Michael Essien from English side Chelsea. 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