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However, after the story started to create a stir on social media, AC Milan sources quickly moved to scotch the claims, insisting any reports are fake.
A statement on their website read, “AC Milan categorically denies alleged news from abroad about its members. Such news, totally unfounded, however, have never been confirmed by any employee of our Company.”
The official website statement can be read here (in Italian).
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Check the tweets which sparked the outpouring of emotion on Twitter for Essien.---
His comments were reported by NewsWireNGR and redistributed across the web:
