{"id":449446,"date":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/essien%e2%80%99s-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:52:39","slug":"essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"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 the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/breaking-news-essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/\" title=\"Essien\u2019s Agent Rubbishes Chelsea Exit Claims\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":430467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-449446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>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\/essiens-agent-rubbishes-chelsea-exit-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"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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