{"id":439010,"date":"2017-11-20T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T10:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/20\/michael-essien-keen-on-persib-bandung-stay\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T10:01:41","slug":"michael-essien-keen-on-persib-bandung-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/20\/michael-essien-keen-on-persib-bandung-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien keen on Persib Bandung stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 20 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/65808425.295.jpg\" alt=\"ADD Essien\" title=\"ADD Essien\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien is the most expensive player in the history of Persib Bandung<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541642576\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541642576\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511172101_145_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Representative of Michael Essien, Amougou Mathieu, has indicated that his client is eager to continue his adventure with Indonesian giants Persib Bandung.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was brought in by Persib with status as the most expensive player in the history of the Indonesian league last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea ace quickly became fans favourite with his consistent performances and recorded five goals in 29 appearances to help the side finish 13th in the just ended season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the player&#8217;s desire to extend the contract, his agent, Amougou Mathieu, has stated that they&#8217;re in the dark about the number of years the club will offer Essien but hoped it will be enough for his representative to continue his stay in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope Essien still survive for next season, but we&#8217;ll see, not determined,&#8221; said Mathieu quoted from the official website Persib.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu believes that the presence of Essien will still have a positive impact for the club, especially about the transfer of experience to young players Persib. Former Chelsea players, Real Madrid and AC Milan are judged to have plenty of experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe if Persib still need Essien experience, we will all deal with management, he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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