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Michael Essien to follow Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge

Adpted from The Sun:The Ghana midfielder, 30, is on a season-long loan at Real but has one more year to run on his Chelsea contract.

Essien, who scored only one goal in 28 appearances for Real, was signed by then Blues boss Mourinho in 2005 and sees him as a father figure, even calling him ‘Daddy’.

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