http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266, with both the players having parted ways with Chelsea this summer.
Both Kalou and Drogba were not handed new contracts once their previous contracts came to an end in the summers.
As a result, both the players went on to leave the team and will now continue to play for another team elsewhere.
Drogba has now moved to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/China-c8926, while Kalou is going to be playing for Lille, come the next season.
When talking about the two players, Essien is quoted to have said: “I will miss them but that is the game, it is part of our http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 and we have to deal with it"
"I wish them the very best of luck and we still keep in touch.”
"It was a very good way for them to say goodbye to the club, playing the Champions League final because we have been looking for that trophy for a long time."
At the same time, the midfielder went on to claim that he was hoping to do better in the coming season, following a year of him suffering through injuries, which forced him to sit out way more games then he would have liked to.
"It is hard during the season if you miss pre-season and so it is good to start and hopefully finish the whole pre-season," he explained.
"So I am looking forward to that and we will see what happens. So far so good and I am looking forward to the season.”
This coming season, Chelsea will need their midfielder to go on and produce some exhilarating performances. The team is going to need that extra push from somewhere on the pitch and with Drogba gone, Essien could very well be the player to do so.
Many felt that Essien’s time at Chelsea was also going to come to an end this summer, but so far there hasn’t been any indication that the player will be leaving the club.
Nonetheless, it is now a wait to see just how Chelsea perform with all the changes that are being made at the club.
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