http://backpagefootball.com/essien-madrid-now-where-after/48328/ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://backpagefootball.com/essien-madrid-now-where-after/48328/comment-page-1/#comment-225176 Benjamin Joshua Obeng Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:34:41 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=48328#comment-225176 Good piece there man… Very insightful

]]> http://backpagefootball.com/essien-madrid-now-where-after/48328/comment-page-1/#comment-224999 Ben Barker Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:18:59 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=48328#comment-224999 Unfortunately Essien’s form and fitness has declined since his knee issues over the past couple of days. He’s no longer the force Chelsea once knew him as, and as you quite rightly pointed out, has been overtaken by the younger, and apparently now better, Mikel.

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