Lucky boy Michael Essien has escaped being fined, imprisoned or deported in Indonesia for flouting the nation’s tough immigration laws.
Essien, who currently plays for Persib Bandung in the Asian nation, was cited for playing football without having secured a work permit.
Former Black Stars midfielder Michael Essien faces up to a five year jail term in Indonesia, or at least deportation, after he was busted for working in the country without obtaining a work permit.
Essien recently signed for the Indonesian side Persib Bandung, to much fanfare, and has even started appearing in games for them.
The wife of Michael Essien, Akosua Puni, is ready to venture into football management.
Puni has purchased the Italian third division side Como Calcio at auction, placing the winning bid of €237,000.
Former Black Stars midfielder Michael Essien has signed for the Indonesian club Persib Bandung as he aims to keep his football career alive.
The 34 year old has signed for the top flight side on a one year deal with an option for a second year.
Former Black Stars midfielder has decided to pull out of a planned deal that would have taken him Down Under to ply his trade.
Essien, who last played for Panathinaikos in the Greek Superlig, was set to join Australian A-League side Melbourne victory.
Former Black Stars midfielder Michael Essien is taking his talents all the way Down Under, to the land of the Aborigines and the Tasmanian Devil.
Australian A-League side Melbourne Victory have reportedly put in an application to grab the Ghanaian midfielder as a free agent, hoping to sign him under the guest marquee rule available to Australian clubs.
Ghana’s captain Asamoah Gyan has found himself the subject of intense mockery on a global scale after failing what is a very routine procedure for every football player, the medical check-ups.
Gyan was close to a one year loan deal to Reading FC from Chinese Superlig side Shanghai SIPG, but the move fell through at the last minute because Gyan was found to be unfit, with club sources intimating he needed eight weeks to get back to full fitness – a duration that is an eternity in the rough and tumble world of the English second tier.
Former Ghana international Michael ‘The Bison’ Essien has completed the transition from player to analyst, after appearing as a pundit on a football match played on Monday.
Essien was part of the panel discussing the Saudi Super Cup game between Al Ahli and Al Hilal, played in London. He was providing insight and analysis for the Saudi based TV station MBC Sports.
Ghanaian midfield legend Michael Essien has had his contract with Greek side Panathinaikos terminated by mutual consent.
The Ghanaian midfielder joined the side last year after being released by Italian giants Milan, but the injury problems that have been plaguing him for the past half decade or so followed him to Greece.
Former Ghanaian international Michael Essien has paid tribute to ‘his friend’, the deceased Nigerian former player and manager Stephen Keshi.
Essien was reacting to the shocking news that the 54 year old had died of a heart attack in Benin City in his homeland.
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien’s house in Greece got burgled during the week, the 33 year old revealed on Sunday.
Essien, who lives in Athens now playing for Greeks side Panathinaikos, revealed the news nonchalantly on his twitter handle after his side lost a Greek Super League game 1-0.
Footballers often make filthy amounts of money during the prime of their careers. But due to the short span of the their careers, often just earning these amounts of money isn’t enough- you need to find a way to make income after you retire and the big checks stop coming in.
So this is not just about who earns crazy amounts of money, but who has more net worth. That probably explains why Asamoah Gyan, whose weekly wage of $350,000 per week is one of the highest in the world. Probably, not entirely.
Born 21 November 1982 to Mama Buari in Takoradi—and an alleged Albania man, others say the real family is a German seaman, Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari attended Mfantsiman Secondary School in Saltpond.
She later studied performing arts at the University of Ghana—and took over our screens with her appearance in the movie-Beyoncé — The President Daughter.
Nadia Buari dated Ghanaian footballer-Michael Essien, a relationship that ended bitterly for the actress in 2009 surrounded by rumours that she was dumped because she failed to tell Michael Essien about her hidden baby.
News has been making rounds that Jackie Appiah who was one of the many Ghanaian world cup ambassadors paid over $20,000 each on a state-sponsored all-expenses paid trip to the the 2014 World Cup will be making appearance before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry—but it seems the actress is not even in the country, looking at the above photo she shared.
Check below for photos from Delay, Menaye Donkor, Michael Essien and others…
A senior member of the Ghana Black Stars team-Michael Essien has finally spoken about the many issues Ghana’s participating at the ongoing Brazil 2014 World Cup brought—ranging from appearances fees to fights and the subsequent early kick out from the competition.
Several people have spoken—with many asking for accountability, sacking of some officials and a total GFA restructuring. But Essien thinks, “we must all embrace peace and seek a lasting solution for the team’s problems through decent dialogue”.
According to Essien, “we desperately need a peaceful resolution of all the issues agitating our minds and the minds of all fans of the team, I hold the view that we can investigate and resolve these issues without further destroying the team”.
Read his full statement below…
I have monitored with great concern, the raging public and media debate about the reasons for the Ghana Black Stars’ early exit from the ongoing tournament in Brazil.
Like any other patriotic Ghanaian, and as an avid supporter and member of the Ghana Black Stars, I am deeply embarrassed and devastated by the team’s failure to make, at least, Semi Final berth we had publicly promised the good people of Ghana ahead of our departure from Accra.
While I will be the first to concede that not everything went according to plan before and during our participation in the tournament, I believe that destructive and vicious attacks and counter attacks on individual members of the team as well as the technical and management team are not the solution to the Ghana Black Stars’ problems. Instead, we must all embrace peace and seek a lasting solution for the team’s problems through decent dialogue.
