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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claimed the club had to pay pounds 24.4m for Lyon midfielder Michael Essien because "that's the reality of modern football".
There have been suggestions that Roman Abramovich has again overpaid for a player, following the Ghanaian international's signing, but Mourinho believes Chelsea are simply operating in the real world.See the full content of this document
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Pounds 24m Deal? It's the Real World
"I know the questions will be around the money and the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of m...
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