Michael Essien Quotes

Being able to sign for a club like Bayern Munich is exciting. I've been dreaming about this since I was a kid. Those are the guys that - you know - as a kid, I was looking up to. Watching them on TV, playing with them on FIFA. Getting to be able to meet them and being able to play on the team is just exciting.

I am very happy to be joining Chelsea.

I am very happy with my move to Bayern. As a kid I always dreamed of such a moment.

I'm looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I'm definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club.

I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

I was at Roma for two years, had two great seasons there, and everyone told me to stay, but it was in my mind to come and be successful in England.

I'm happy in Manchester and that's it. Moving to United was good for me. I play for a big club.

I am absolutely ecstatic to be here at Chelsea. It is not easy to become part of such a big team so I am very, very happy.

The Premier League is not my goal but a childhood dream. It is a dream that could be fulfilled.

I remember I was young, and the first game I watched was in the Premier League. It's a big dream for me, and now that I'm here, I am very, very happy.

I am very happy because signing for a Premier League team is a dream.

I always said I just wanted an opportunity with Madrid, and that has come.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

I gave my first interview when I arrived at Chelsea in 2004, and I had said that it had been my dream to play for one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league in the world - this came true, and I am very pleased my dream will last.

I was very excited about the possibility of playing for Spurs and in England. I would like to thank the club for their efforts in trying to sign me.

To play in the Premier League again would be amazing.

To play for Chelsea is a blessing.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.

Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.

I like Daniel Sturridge a lot after playing with him at Chelsea.

I always said as a kid that I'd like to play for United, and I once spoke to Sir Alex Ferguson about it. We chatted for around 20 minutes, and I told him that my dream was to come here to Manchester United.

I am delighted to be joining a big English club. I know very well the quality that Chelsea has.

My dream was to play for Chelsea - maybe I was bit naive.