Essien to train with Real Madrid today
Posted On Saturday, 1st September 2012
Michael Essien will train with Real Madrid today
Ghana midfielder Michael Essien will have his first training session with Real Madrid on Saturday evening, insiders have told GHANAsoccernet.com
The 29-year-old will meet his new Real Madrid team-mates at 1800 local time just hours after agreeing a rush loan deal with the Spanish giants.
It remains unclear whether coach Jose Mourinho will be there to introduce Essien as he might not lead the training session.
The Portuguese manager is scheduled to travel to Manchester to watch the match between City and QPR to be played at 18.30.
Essien will be introduced to them before the start of the training session as the powerhouse gets down to business with the former European champions.
This comes just 12 hours after joining the former European champions on a season-long loan deal from English side Chelsea.
The Black Stars player arrived at Torrejon Air Base at 14.00 local time.
From there he went to the clinic Sanitas La Moraleja to undergo series of medical tests.
The 29-year-old midfielder sealed the loan deal minutes before the transfer window shut on Friday night.
He travelled directly from Monaco to Madrid on Saturday as he was on the sidelines as Chelsea where thrashed 4-1 by Atletico Madrid in the Super Cup.
Essien moves to the Bernabeu to link up with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, the man who brought him to Stamford Bridge.
He joined Chelsea from Lyon in 2005.
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Michael Essien Has put-on the shirt of lives and success follow,i wish you the best.
WTF IS MOURINHO GOING TO WATCH THAT MATCH FOR ANY INTEREST THERE. WHERE DO U GET UR NUZ SOURCE 4M
essein, God will give u success at madrid
true, he is going to monitor man city since they r in the same champ league group
I hardly talked but when i go to the field i always do the business ….. Michael essien…. i can see the beginning of real successs now from a very quiet dude who changes all of a sudden into a wild beast on the field of y…. one espn commentator said that he find it hard to believed that ghanaians are so laid back but always changes the moment enter he field and i think essien epitomise that… now the Russian tanker fisher and i advice the likes of messi,xavi and iniesta to watch their legs
Essien- Real Madrid
Kwadwo- Juventus
Muntari- AC Milan
J&A Ayew- Marseille
Atsu- FC Porto.
This looks gud
————– J. Ayew (Marseille)—————-
A. Ayew (Marseille)————–Atsu (FC Porto)
—–Asamoah (Juventus)——Muntari (Ac Milan)—-
————– Essien (Real Madrid) —————
Asare (FC Utrecht) (??Right-back??)
Boye (Rennes)—–Vorsah (Salzburg)
—————–Kwarasey(Strodgomset)————-
Go Essien. We are proud of U.
@wise words,you forgot to add this..
Asamoah Gyan-Al Ain.
Gervin why are u counting debt whiles others are counting gains?
@Gervin, Al-Ain is not a big club and Gyan is not a skillful striker like Drogba and Eto
@ Gervin- If u play in a league dat is full of old men and part-time players who r mostly Students or Sherrifs, den u r not Considered as COMPETITIVE to b listed among GH Golden sets of Talented Futballerz. Those players WISE listed play against World class defenders like Pique, Chiellini, Thiago Silva, Mamadou Sakho, Ezekiel Garay… Unlike the self aclaimed ‘African Best striker’, who plays against amateurish defenders like Mohammed bin amin, Hossan El khadouri, Fawaz el Darrabi n etc. It is Hugely ODD to name the ‘mediocre’ among those Elites- Just like counting a ‘Chipanze’ in a population Census. WHY Luca Toni left the UAE just a season to Fiorentina- despite his Age & bumper salary xplains the level of the UAE league. He was desperate to leave! to the xtent of slashing his salary by 70% just to play competitively. Do u knw why?
It is called VISION!!!
My fellow forum members you see how happy we are in this forum after Essien joined Madrid. This explains that we love our players and all we wanted is for them to aim high to succeed.The reason why we were all concern about Essien is the fact that he is too good to warm the chelsea bench. I would prefer to see him warm the bench at madrid than chelsea cos the records says everything . As for Gyan pls we don’t recognize you as a world class striker like Drogba and Eto cos the league you playing is a peice of shit in england, itely and spain. We thank God some of our players are aiming high to rise the flag of mother Ghana. Please Dereck Boateng you the next guy i would like to see get out of the racist league to join a team in good league.
I wish Michael Essien the best of luck. Hope he regains his form at the Santiago Bernabeu.