{"id":449596,"date":"2017-12-23T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/michael-essien-names-the-five-best-players-hes-ever-played-with\/"},"modified":"2017-12-23T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:00:16","slug":"michael-essien-names-the-five-best-players-hes-ever-played-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/michael-essien-names-the-five-best-players-hes-ever-played-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien names the five best players he\u2019s ever played with"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 23 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/38230336.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien Persib 2\" title=\"Michael Essien Persib 2\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ex-Black Star midfielder now plays for Indonesian club 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=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\/1514037616_819_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Michael Essien played with some world-class players at Chelsea, Lyon, A.C Milan and obviously Real Madrid- he has chosen the best five players he has had as teammates throughout his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Bison\u2019 was asked to pick a five aside team of the very best he has played with and like you imagined, it was a very difficult task because he has had the privilege of playing alongside some of the World\u2019s finest footballers.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the Ex-Ghana international picked former Chelsea teammate <b>Petr Cech<\/b> in goal as his most trusted pair of hands.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old selected Ex Brazil star <b>Juninho Pernambucano<\/b> from his time at Lyon. They won two Ligue 1 titles together for the French club.<\/p>\n<p><b>Frank Lampard or simply \u2018Super Franky\u2019 as his adoring fans refer to him also made the l\/bist. He considers Frank as a very special player and in his own words \u201che did things at the training ground and during matches that made him stand out as one of the best\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well, this comes as no surprise who the midfield powerhouse picked to lead his side in attack, yes you guessed right, <b>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/b>. He played with the 5 time Balon d&#8217;Or winner during his loan spell at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Essien picked himself because why not? He is after all only just one of the greatest midfielders of his generation. 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