Real Madrid sealed the signing of Essien barely minutes before the transfer window closed, and after a few hectic hours, the Ghanaian player will quickly be joining Saturday's training session at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
The ex-Chelsea player landed at Madrid's Torrejón airbase at 1400 hours. From there he went to Sanitas clinic at La Moraleja and underwent the usual medical checks
Signing Essien was a very sudden operation and it coincided with the departure of Lass Diarra, who has gone out on loan to the Russian side Anzhi.
It all began in the middle of Friday afternoon, when Roberto Carlos's Anzhi made an offer for Lass Diarra. Real Madrid then moved swiftly to exchange contracts and bring in Essien.Agreement with Chelsea was just a matter of hours.
Mourinho has full confidence in this Ghanaian midfielder, and has thus found himself a replacement Lass on the market - and one who will be that much more committed.
