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Essien out for "several months"

Tue Sep 09 04:04PM

Michael Essien

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is to undergo surgery on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament that will rule him out for "several months".

An examination by club medics revealed the extent of the damage, which can keep players out of action for up to a year.

Essien suffered the injury while on international duty with Ghana last week, and is now scheduled for surgery.

A statement on Chelsea's official website read: "Michael Essien suffered a knee injury playing for Ghana on Friday.

"He has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and will undergo an operation as soon as the majority of the swelling has subsided. We expect this to happen in a week's time.

"In the meantime Michael has started rehab in the aqua therapy centre at Cobham which will improve the condition of the knee prior to surgery. A return to full fitness is not expected for several months."

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It sounds as if Obi Mikel is going to be fit to return to the team.  If not, perhaps we'll see Scolari keep Belletti as the holding middie.  That worked out pretty well, though his goal against Spurs was a fluke.  Might be worth looking into, though near 15 is a high price to pay for any player this season.  However, I guess a lot of those premium guys are out - Gerrard and Torres come to mind - so maybe you have money to burn.  

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  1. When are the new players going to be added to the database?? I don't see Robinho!!

    nazimpethaniFrom nazimpethani on Wed Sep 10 03:38AM

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  2. Is anyone else having problems with the drop down menus on the team manager bit??? It doesnt seperate them for me so i have to trawl through pages of players of all values and positions and clubs to find the player i want! Is it me?

    paulynightingaleFrom paulynightingale on Wed Sep 10 11:37AM

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  3. Re 2 - it seems to have changed - unbelievably for the better! I hope it stays like this - you can now make several selections in different drop down lists and then click the OK button at the right of the lists. So you can change several things in one go now without it doing a selection each time. If I'm right, all you're missing is the click on OK.

    guysjamesFrom guysjames on Wed Sep 10 12:27PM

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  4. I asked about Robinho as he is ment to playing on saturday sow as hoping he would be on the database by now but think its going to be along wait like last year

    brianauthorFrom brianauthor on Wed Sep 10 03:07PM

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  5. All the forums are full of "where is Robinho" first of all, he isnt on FOR EVERYBODY, we are all equal, secondly, would youn pick him against Chelsea? move on from Robinho and choose a team without him, if he gets added before lockdown then add him if you want, think of it as a bonus.

    petegoddard11996655From petegoddard11996655 on Wed Sep 10 03:16PM

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