{"id":61004,"date":"2023-04-25T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:58:38","slug":"i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/","title":{"rendered":"I hate politics &#8211; Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"Michael Essien\" title=\"Michael Essien\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Essien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Ghana international, Michael Essien,\u00a0has said he hates politics and will never take up any political role in his life.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former Chelsea midfielder, he prefers to impart knowledge into young footballers on the pitch rather than running affairs from an office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I hate in my life is politics. I don\u2019t think I will ever get involved at the political level,\u201d\u00a0Essien told DW Sport.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing my badges because I love being around the players on the pitch, and I stay very close to them, talking to them, giving them advice and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me happy, rather than sitting in the office or on the phone talking to people,\u201d the 40-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Essien currently holds both the UEFA A and UEFA Elite Youth A licenses and has been working as an assistant coach at the Danish club Nordsjaelland.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien is currently with FC Nordsjaelland in the Danish Super League where he is understudying coaches and helping to train young players.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"B2IO8q2ksOY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showtym with Andy Dosty on Adom TV (22-4-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B2IO8q2ksOY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Essien Former Ghana international, Michael Essien,\u00a0has said he hates politics and will never take up any political role in his life. According to the former Chelsea midfielder, he prefers to impart knowledge into young footballers on the pitch rather than running affairs from an office. \u201cWhat I hate in my life is politics. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - 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\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michael Essien Former Ghana international, Michael Essien,\u00a0has said he hates politics and will never take up any political role in his life. According to the former Chelsea midfielder, he prefers to impart knowledge into young footballers on the pitch rather than running affairs from an office. \u201cWhat I hate in my life is politics. I [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/\",\"name\":\"I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I hate politics &#8211; Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Michael Essien Former Ghana international, Michael Essien,\u00a0has said he hates politics and will never take up any political role in his life. According to the former Chelsea midfielder, he prefers to impart knowledge into young footballers on the pitch rather than running affairs from an office. \u201cWhat I hate in my life is politics. I [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/","name":"I hate politics - Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-25T13:58:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/essienmichael.jpg","width":800,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/i-hate-politics-ex-ghana-midfielder-michael-essien\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I hate politics &#8211; Ex-Ghana midfielder Michael Essien"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}