Ghana Legend Essien named amongst Top 10 Players To Have Played For Lyon
Former Blackstars midfielder, Michael Essien named amongst the best 10 players to have featured for French giants, Lyon.
Essien played for Lyon for only two seasons, 2003/04 – 2004/05 but his performance was amazing during the short spell.
He helped them win the league in both season as well as getting crowned as the best player in the French league in his 2nd season at Lyon.
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Included in the list is Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema who starred for Lyon before joining the record UCL holders.
Samuel Umtiti of Barcelona made the list. The French International featured for Lyon before earning a €25m move to the Catalans.
Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal, Miralem Pjanic of Juventus were included.
The list has 3 Brazilian legends in Edmilson, Sony Anderson and the legendary Juninho Pernambucano.
Former French International, Ludovic Giuly was included as well as Malian Legend, Mahamadou Diarra.
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