Michael Essien

[OneMoSalah 8,613]

IF he plays at Madrid (notice if in capitals) and plays good we should take him back in January and play him instead of golden oldie Lamps who is rather useless in the double pivot if you ask me.

[Rowan_Osborn 58]

What was the purpose in "loaning" him?...Its not as if we're too strong in the Central Mid positions..If they wanted to get rid of Essien, they should have sold him and looked for a new CM. Horrible move.

Im guessing that they hope he is able to regain form and if not at least advertise some of his ability on order to sell him on next summer. We have enough centre mids just not enough of the right quality or consistency in performance, hopefully the likes of Romeu, Mikel and Ramires will be able to develop and take up these roles. Mikel has shown signs that he is capable of doing so.

[Atwa 78]

What was the purpose in "loaning" him?...Its not as if we're too strong in the Central Mid positions..If they wanted to get rid of Essien, they should have sold him and looked for a new CM. Horrible move.

There was no signs of Essien getting to play, and we all know the reason for that.

If he gets time at Madrid and somehow manages to find his strive its only positive for us. But from how he looked the last games he played we can't really play him.

At least I get a reason to watch Real games now.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Sorry but loaning him makes little sense. Hopefully Romeu plays more now.

[sleazyB 58]

Maybe Mourinho will get him to be a class player, and it will be like signing a great player when he comes back. (thats as about optimistic as i can get for this move)

[Strike 6,960]

Oriol Romeu <---- that's why Essien was loaned out

[Blue Armour 4,162]

There was no signs of Essien getting to play, and we all know the reason for that.

If he gets time at Madrid and somehow manages to find his strive its only positive for us. But from how he looked the last games he played we can't really play him.

At least I get a reason to watch Real games now.

Suppose Mikel get's injured. Who's going to be the central defensive mid? Romeu has barely played a game since RDM took charge, and he's the only real candidate for the task. The rest, like Ramires and Raul, would be swept aside by the stronger teams we will face.

[Blue Armour 4,162]

Maybe Mourinho will get him to be a class player, and it will be like signing a great player when he comes back. (thats as about optimistic as i can get for this move)

That's what we always hear when it comes to Essien. Face it, he's 30 and this was probably the last season for him to be of some use to us. Mourinho will use him well for his own needs, but he's not going to play regularly at Madrid.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Should have just sold him, no point in a loaning out old players like Essien and Benayoun.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Idiot direction , thats my point of view , Micheal Essien is far better that Mikel , he needed time and he looked sharp in the pre season matches , but DI Matteo seems to forget that he is a leader , a big big lost.We'll fucking play with Mikel or Romeu or Meireles in this position , the season will be very long :-(

[capriccioso 2,545]

Lol, he'll get about 3 games at Real Madrid, all of them stoppage time substitutions at right back.

We should have loaned him to some Scottish Third Division shite if we wanted to give him regular game time.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

I doubt Essien is going to return back.A good loan move will only increase his market value and thats all.

[Joe Ay 66]

If he can't get a starting berth in our midfield of Mikel, Mereiles and Lampard, hard to imagine he'll start before Alonso, Khedira and Modric. Doesn't really make sense at all to me. Unless we wanted to remove his wages from our payroll this year.

[termninja 5,290]

Maybe Mourinho will get him to be a class player, and it will be like signing a great player when he comes back. (thats as about optimistic as i can get for this move)

Perhaps, but he will be 30 years old with an awful injury record.

[Jase 43,479]

Should have just sold him, no point in a loaning out old players like Essien and Benayoun.

Problem is they are on high wages and not many clubs out there can afford them. The fact that Benayoun is on 92k p/w wages here says it all.

[Muzchap 8,966]

I think the Board are trying to see what our Financial position looks like once all these guys off the books.

If we can start breaking even, that would be great

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

GOOD LUCK!

[Buffalo talks Blue 85]

Not happy with this loan at all. First of all we needed him. Mikel's not gonna do and after the game last night..this 'Mikel-Lamps' doesn't works! Besides, Mereiles does nothing at all.

And there is absolutely no guarantee that Mourinho will keep him in his starting 11. Essien will be benched most of the times. Mourinho's gonna bring him only when RM plays clubs like Granada, Villarreal, Sociedad. So this transfer is doing no good to anyone. Why did RDM even agree on this stupid loan?