Abramovich blocks Mour move for Essien
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by The Sun
ROMAN ABRAMOVICH will personally block Jose Mourinho's £18million move for Michael Essien.
Former Blues boss Mourinho is keen to capture the Ghanaian midfielder, 28, to add power and strength to the heart of his Real Madrid side.
But Chelsea's billionaire owner is insisting Essien goes nowhere — and certainly not to join Mourinho.
Mourinho signed Essien for Chelsea in a £24.4m deal in August 2005 and wants to renew the partnership now he is at the Bernabeu.
But Essien has four years left on his current £110,000-a-week contract and is happy to stay at Stamford Bridge.
A top Chelsea source said: "It's no secret that Mourinho's tracking Michael and it's no secret that the pair of them have always kept in touch.
"But now it's no secret that Abramovich is not going to sell."
And Chelsea's new boss Andre Villa-Boas is expected to confirm as much in his first Press conference this morning.
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