Some seem to have forgotten. But Michael Esssien is only on loan from Chelsea to Real Madrid. Moreover, the Ghanaian midfielder never misses an opportunity to remind. He returned to the Blues in next summer before a new challenge if possible.

“I have a contract with Chelsea and, for the moment, I’m only on loan at Real Madrid. The situation has changed nothing. I followed his career throughout the season and even if things do not go as planned, I do not think this is a transition year as we have been able to hear,” he confided in The Sport Review.

Essien faces Galatasaray on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.