Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien
has announced his retirement from international football, after over 12 years
of active service with Ghana.
The 35-year-old, who is currently
without a club after parting ways with Indonesian outfit Persib Bandung, last
featured for the Black Stars in 2014 at the Fifa World Cup in Brazil.
He was one of the three players,
alongside Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng, accused of masterminding
agitations for players appearance fees during the tournament. He maintains
doing nothing wrong. “If I am called to play for the Black Stars again I
won't honour it. No, it's not possible,” Essien told GHOne TV.
“This is because I've retired
from international duty. I even retired before we went to the World Cup in
Brazil but I was called back [by coach Kwesi Appiah] to come and help.
“And then in Brazil they
treated me like [something] so I'm not playing for the country again. It's time
for the new generation,” he added.
Essien made his Ghana debut in
2002 and boasts of 58 caps as well as nine goals. He was a key member of the
country's golden generation that played their first-ever Fifa World Cup in
2006.
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