Michael Essien

[rover 28]

Essien he must go away from Chelsea at the end of sezon.

[Tomo 21,733]

His contract runs out in 2015,

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Yes, when he got his second knee injury some idiot thought it would be a great idea to offer him a 5 year contract when he was out for 6 months.

[OneMoSalah 8,785]

If his contract runs out in 2015, at least we can get a considerable amount of money for him

[Tortilla9 390]

Yes, when he got his second knee injury some idiot thought it would be a great idea to offer him a 5 year contract when he was out for 6 months.

Seriously?!? My daughter's U16 coach wanted to cut her from her team after her first knee injury.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Should have been sent off for that. He's always had that in his game.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Big name African player who is highly popular worldwide. Comfortably 10-15 million for him, if we can con a team into thinking he's in good shape, up to 20 million. Thank you for everything you've done Michael, we'll always love you at the Bridge, but its time to move on.

[Krypt 241]

Its a shame was great pre-injury i will always remember his goal against Barca. Shame his legs aren't up to it anymore. Maybe we can hire him as a full time blogger

[zolayes 14,489]

If his contract runs out in 2015, at least we can get a considerable amount of money for him

only from a club as stupid as ours

[capriccioso 2,545]

What is most concerning is his mental attitude. He just doesn't seem to care anymore. If he played with 100% passion like he did before he would still be a decent player.

[Krypt 241]

What is most concerning is his mental attitude. He just doesn't seem to care anymore. If he played with 100% passion like he did before he would still be a decent player.

Maybe he knows his time is up? he must know his performances have been sub-par. wouldn't be surprised if he retires before he is 30.

[manpe 10,861]

Maybe he knows his time is up? he must know his performances have been sub-par. wouldn't be surprised if he retires before he is 30.

I would. He still has the opportunity to earn mad cash somewhere in Arabia, China or USA for many years. Wouldn't be surprised if he went back to France, surely somebody would take him so he would have no reason to end his career.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Manpe's right, if he didn't care he'd be angling for a move to Asia. Perhaps join Anelka on 300k a week at Shenhua.

[Krypt 241]

I see Essien as the type of guy who wants to play for football , maybe im being deluded. Its a shame we wouldn't have even contemplated loosing Essien a couple of years back.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

He should go. Unfortunately, he offers us nothing. He is not the strong DM he was and he can no longer make the runs he used to. We have better players than Essien. Romeu should take his place and play alot more. We haven't really missed Essien which shows us his time is up.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

What is most concerning is his mental attitude. He just doesn't seem to care anymore. If he played with 100% passion like he did before he would still be a decent player.

I'm not sure that's the case. Like Ramires, his entire game is based on his energy and dynamism. Its now (understandably) very hard for him to replicate that. Essien has always been a fighter, but his will seems to have been sapped.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

The problem is, any club who has watched Essien in the last 2 seasons will realise he's crock. Not only that, but they'll realise he did sign a new contract and won't pay anything near what Chelsea would seek.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Well. No sooner do we write him off and he produces a fairly good performance against Blackburn. Perhaps there is hope for him after all.