This is probably by the same guys who say Drogs is leaving 5 times a season. Mikel proved his worth last year filling in for Essien. Essien came back like gangbusters, and also played WB a few times when needed. Essien can truly do it all(minus GK)! If Carlo is concerned about ACN, he is well within his rights to look at bringing someone in for when they are gone, and it ain't like having Pirlo on the squad is gonna suck...