{"id":441017,"date":"2011-06-14T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:28:06","slug":"chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea To Sell Michael Essien To Fund Luka Modric Bid-report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"47\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-31625\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/06\/chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report\/essien3-11\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31625\" title=\"Michael Essien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/essien31-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea are ready to sell Michael Essien in order to fund a move for Tottenham ace Luka Modric.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Essien struggled to rediscover his form last term after a disappointing season blighted with injuries and poor performances.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year old has been linked with a reunion with former boss Jose Mourinho who is looking to bring the \u00a318million rated midfielder to the Bernabeu this summer reports the Daily Express.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian may also be used as a makeweight with Chelsea perusing Inter Milan\u2019s Wesley Sneijder.<\/p>\n<p>Sneijder is target for both Chelsea and Manchester United but will cost any suitor a cool \u00a335million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/06\/chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report\/\" title=\"Chelsea To Sell Michael Essien To Fund Luka Modric Bid-report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea To Sell Michael Essien To Fund Luka Modric Bid-report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Michael Essien Chelsea are ready to sell Michael Essien in order to fund a move for Tottenham ace Luka Modric. <\/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-441017","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>Chelsea To Sell Michael Essien To Fund Luka Modric Bid-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\/06\/14\/chelsea-to-sell-michael-essien-to-fund-luka-modric-bid-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea To Sell Michael Essien To Fund Luka Modric Bid-report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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