Essien to return to Cobham following injury

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

According from a report (someone said from Sky sports), Essien has to go to hospital due to a injury on his knee during training.

[Laylabelle 9,304]

Eeeek hope it aint to serious poor guy aint having much luck with injuries

[Rambo 1,729]

Shit! Not good.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Fuck Sake!! This is why I hate International Competitions during the domestic season!

[terry26 6]

Hope all's well adn it's just a precaution !!!!!!!!!!!!

[gary gordon 1,777]

According to Sky Sports...

Knee setback for Essien

Chelsea midfielder injured while training for Ghana

Michael Essien has been taken to hospital in Angola after picking up a knee injury.

The Chelsea midfielder did the damage while training for Ghana's African Cup of Nations clash with Burkina Faso on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old had already been struggling with the hamstring problem which prevented him from starting Friday's 3-1 defeat by Ivory Coast, but officials confirmed this was a fresh setback.

Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac said: "I don't know the extent of the injury but we will find out later."

Essien will now be a major doubt for Tuesday's game, which Ghana must win if they are to stand any chance of progressing into the latter stages.

Ivory Coast have already qualified from Group B, with four points from two games, while Burkina Faso have one point and Ghana none

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

If he was struggling with a hamstring injury then WTF were Ghana doing even playing him in the first place ?

Playing a player who's nowhere near fit is asking for trouble.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I hope to God Ghana lose to Burkina Faso so we can get him back to Cobham, where his injury can be assessed by our medical department.

[Shane 2,275]

C'mon Burkimina

[Steve 10,227]

Please let them lose. We need him back to our medical staff. Not in a public hospital where they most likely do not have the right equipment to deal with this if it is anything major.

[zolayes 14,489]

dont care if ghana go through or not ,,BUT HE MUST COME BACK FOR TREATMENT

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/Chelsea/default.stm

Terrific! We should go and sue the Ghana FA now.

[James 5,143]

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien is out of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a knee injury in training.

The Chelsea star could also miss Premier League and Champions League matches after he suffered a partially torn medial ligament in his left knee.

Scans revealed he also suffered damage to his meniscus when sustaining the injury on Sunday morning.

[gary gordon 1,777]

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien is out of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a knee injury in training.

The Chelsea star could also miss Premier League and Champions League matches after he suffered a partially torn medial ligament in his left knee.

Scans revealed he also suffered damage to his meniscus when sustaining the injury on Sunday morning.

Your fucking kidding??!!! This is fucken BULLSHIT

[Steve 10,227]

What a complete joke. Not happy about this at all. I knew we should not of sent him there in the first place.

[EskWeston 696]

Seriously bad news!!! I wonder if this may promt us to dip into the transfer market earlier than we would have liked to?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

4 months out then.

[warnie_666 1,081]

4 months out then.

reports suggest atleast 1 month