{"id":445956,"date":"2017-12-11T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/essien-will-extend-his-stay-at-persib-bandung-agent-reveals\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:00:33","slug":"essien-will-extend-his-stay-at-persib-bandung-agent-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/essien-will-extend-his-stay-at-persib-bandung-agent-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien will extend his stay at Persib Bandung, agent reveals"},"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\/69282130.295.jpg\" alt=\"Essien Smiling\" title=\"Essien Smiling\" width=\"295\" height=\"164\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien is considered as one of the strongest players on earth<\/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\/1513011633_977_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 says his client will extend his stay at Indonesian side Persib Bandung for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Essien joined Indonesian top flight Persib Bandung on a one-year deal as a marquee player ahead of the start of the 2017 Liga 1 season and was given the option of extending his contract for a further year at the end of the 2017\/2018 season depending on his performances.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old instantly became a mainstay in the side, where he scored five goals in 23 appearances for the side as they finished 13th on the log.<\/p>\n<p>According his agent, the 34-year-old will sign the optional one-year deal ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Essien is still in Persib. 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