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So Michael Essien is out for six months. Chelsea staff: Why don't we just sit him for the rest of the season to make sure he's healhty. Anyway, rumors are floating around that the Blues are looking to ink a short-term replacement for the Ghanaian dynamo. A few names are being mentioned. The first is Essien's teammate with Ghana, 27-year-old free agent Stephen Appiah.