{"id":449327,"date":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/breaking-news-essien%e2%80%99s-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","slug":"breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"72\">\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32955\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/essiengtty_raw-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32955\" title=\"Essien's agent rubbishes Chelsea exit reports\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/essiengtty_raw4.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien's agent has rubbished reports that the midfielder is on the verge of leaving Chelsea following the arrival of new coach Andre Villas-Boas, MTNFootball.com has exclusively revealed.\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Michael Essien\u2019s agent has rubbished reports that the midfielder is on the verge of leaving Chelsea following the arrival of new coach Andre Villas-Boas, MTNFootball.com has exclusively revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana midfielder has consistently been linked with a move away from the club this summer with AC Milan reported to be interested in the enforcer.<\/p>\n<p>The speculation heightened following the arrival of the Portuguese manager last week with Bayern Munich said to be keen on signing the Ghanaian.<\/p>\n<p>Villas-Boas was reported by the English newspapers to have drawn up a list of five players he wants to axe with the Ghanaian player included.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail newspaper reported on Monday that Bayern Munich have stepped up the interest in the 28-year old following coach\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>But Essien\u2019s agent Fabien Pivateau says Villas-Boas has high regard for Essien and will feature in the clubs plans next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no chance of Essien leaving Chelsea,\u201d Pivateau exclusively told MTNFootball.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not true that the club\u2019s new coach Villas-Boas want to release Michael.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact the new coach knows Essien very well having worked at the club before and he knows what Michael can do for the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael is also focused on staying at the club because he has a very good relationship with the team\u2019s supporters, the new manager and the club owner. He is not leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villas-Boas was part of Jose Mourinho technical staff when the then Chelsea coach signed Essien in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The former Lyon man has made 149 Premier League appearances for the west London club since joining in 2005 for \u00a324m and is a firm favourite among fans.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid, Juventus and AC Milan are the other clubs who have been reported to be interested in the Ghana midfielder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/\" title=\"Breaking News: Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breaking News: Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Michael Essien\u2019s agent has rubbished reports that the midfielder is on the verge of leaving Chelsea following the arrival of new coach Andre Villas-Boas, MTNFootball.com has exclusively revealed. The Ghana midfielder has consistently been linked with a move away from the club this summer with AC Milan reported to be interested in the enforcer. The speculation heightened following the arrival of the Portuguese manager last week with Bayern Munich said to be keen on signing the Ghanaian<\/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-449327","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>Breaking News: Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims - 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\/28\/breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Breaking News: Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Michael Essien\u2019s agent has rubbished reports that the midfielder is on the verge of leaving Chelsea following the arrival of new coach Andre Villas-Boas, MTNFootball.com has exclusively revealed. 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