Video: Essien Narrates How He 'Jumped Off' Chelsea Bus to Sign for Real Madrid

• Michael Essien has revealed the story behind his move to Real Madrid
• The Ghana international spent a season on loan with the Spanish giants
• Essien was signed for Los Blancos by former manager Jose Mourinho

Legendary Ghanaian midfielder, Michael Essien has opened up on how he ended up playing for Real Madrid in the 2012/13 season.

The former Chelsea player spent a season on loan in the Spanish capital during Jose Mourinho's time as manager of Los Blancos.

Essien was at the twilight of his career with the Blues after struggles with injuries and game time when the Portuguese gaffer came calling.

Fortunately for the Ghanaian, he was in Spain for a game against Atletico Madrid when his agent alerted him of Madrid's interest.

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“I was with Chelsea in Monaco for the Super Cup and my cousin was with me. My phone rang a number of times and I failed to pick but my cousin asked me to pick but I told him I don’t know the number. Eventually, I picked and as soon as I heard the reply to my hello, I knew who it was. So I told my cousin that it is Jose Mourinho and we started talking," Essien said, as quoted by GhanaSoccernet.

“The bus (Chelsea team bus) was leaving the hotel for the match so my agent called and asked me to come back to the hotel because he was going to fax the documents to me. I had to shout from the back of the bus for it to stop. All my teammates were looking at me like what was going on. So I got off the bus and my agent came around and everything happened. Thank God everything happened on time."

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Essien made 21 appearance and scored two goals for Real Madrid.