{"id":444323,"date":"2017-12-06T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/michael-essien-visits-daddy-jose-mourinho\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T16:00:29","slug":"michael-essien-visits-daddy-jose-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/michael-essien-visits-daddy-jose-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien visits \u2018daddy\u2019 Jose Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/24989821.295.jpg\" alt=\"EssMou\" title=\"EssMou\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien posed for a picture with his former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512576029_496_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Michael Essien enjoyed his visit to Old Trafford and posed for pictures with Jose Mourinho and Sir Bobby Charlton.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea midfielder watched on as his old boss orchestrated a 2-1 victory for United over CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Essien labelled Mourinho as \u2018daddy\u2019 in his caption and also shared a snap of himself with Sir Bobby Charlton.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old wrote: \u2018Good to see daddy Jose Mourinho and the great legend Sir Bobby Charlton.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian now plies his trade for Persib Bandung in Indonesia but his most successful years were spent at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed the Premier League title, FA Cup and League Cup under Mourinho\u2019s stewardship and clearly still possesses a strong relationship with the Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>The United boss is now in pursuit of silverware at a new club and watched on as his side advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford helped Mourinho\u2019s men fight back from a goal down against their Russian opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Essien posed for a picture with his former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho Michael Essien enjoyed his visit to Old Trafford and posed for pictures with Jose Mourinho and Sir Bobby Charlton. 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