Yeah, was huge fan of him. Was an absolute unit on the pitch, had it all. People were raving about Kante in the recent years but Essien was comfortably the better player just didn’t get that much attention next to Lampard and some other Chelsea legends at the time… Plus, had a couple of big injuires during his prime that kinda diminished his overall legacy, but his quality was immense.
I think he was linked to us before leaving Lyon, but we had no chance against Abramovich and it felt so frustrating at the time.
The biggest compliment I can give to Salah regarding the Messi comparisons is that some of his goals in the last couple of years could only have been replicated by Messi imo.
Specifically referring to his goals vs City and Watford.
Salah did stop all the talks about his decline.
It was definitely the right choice to keep him over Mane in hindsight and Diaz is filling that Mane gap nicely this season.
