Michael Essien wants to help restore AC Milan to the top of the Italian football pyramid. The Serie A giants won the Scudetto in 2011 but have since declined, finishing second, third and then in eighth place at the end of a horrific 2013-14 campaign. It was Clarence Seedorf who paid the price and he was replaced as head coach by another former Milan player, Filippo Inzaghi, who has reinvigorat...Full Story »

Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has been the subject of some frightening rumours today. Rumours were spreading on Twitter that the AC Milan star had contracted the deadly Ebola disease. The official AC Milan website released a statement denying these reports and Michael Essien took to Twitter soonafter. Essien confirmed he is fine and reassured his followers that he’ll be in ...Full Story »

Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is expected to make his AC Milan debut off the bench against Torino on Saturday. The Ghanaian arrived in Italy on Monday and signed a contract with the San Siro outfit until June 2015. The 31-year-old opted to leave Stamford Bridge after seeing his first-team opportunities limited this season under Jose Mourinho. "Essien is well but he has to grow in c...Full Story »

Michael Essien's eight-and-a-half-year spell at Chelsea is over after AC Milan signed the Ghanaian midfielder on undisclosed terms on Monday.The 31-year-old joined the Blues from Lyon in 2005 and made 256 appearances for the club, also enjoying a season on loan with Real Madrid in 2012-13.His first-team opportunities at Stamford Bridge had been limited in the current campaign and he has therefor...Full Story »

Michael Essien could leave Chelsea in the transfer window, according to his agent. The Ghana midfielder spent last season on loan with Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, but has managed just three Barclays Premier League appearances this term. Essien joined Chelsea from Lyon in 2005, moving on to claim two Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League. The 31-year-old has been omit...Full Story »

Jose Mourinho informed Michael Essien of his return to Chelsea while managing his final match for Real Madrid. Midfielder Essien spent last season on loan at the Bernabeu and scored in Mourinho's final match in charge, a 4-2 win over Osasuna, before being informed of his manager's intentions. Two days later Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge, following an absence of nearly six years, was c...Full Story »

When Michael Essien left Chelsea for Real Madrid last summer it was impossible to see how he would return to Stamford Bridge and revive his career. Off he went on loan to sunny Spain, reunited with his mentor Jose Mourinho amid a general assumption that an unfortunate succession of serious knee injuries had finally caught up with him. The all-action midfield powerhouse who arrived for £25...Full Story »

MADRID, June 1 (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho ended his three-year reign as Real Madrid coach with a 4-2 win over Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday in a match where he was cheered and whistled in equal measure by a two-thirds full Bernabeu.The 50-year-old has agreed by mutual consent to leave the team, despite having three years left on his contract, and is widely expected to return to his former club C...Full Story »

BACK TO THE BRIDGE ... Michael Essien MICHAEL ESSIEN will be following Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge. The Ghana midfielder, 30, is on a season-long loan at Real but has one more year to run on his Chelsea contract. Essien, who scored only one goal in 28 appearances for Real, was signed by then Blues boss Mourinho in 2005 and sees him as a father figure, even calling him ‘Daddy&#...Full Story »

Atletico Madrid have been handed a huge boost ahead of the Madrid derby at the Vicente Calderon with the news that Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out through injury. Ronaldo, who has scored 31 goals in the Primera Division this season and hit a hat-trick in the corresponding fixture 12 months ago, sustained a minor injury to his left thigh during the warm-up before Madrid's 4-1 defeat to Boru...Full Story »