Ghanaian midfielder Micheal Essien has left Indonesian side Persib Bandung after being released by the club.
The former Chelsea midfielder has been at the club for a year now but has now been released.
This development is due to the fact that the club wants to operate within the league's regulation of each club having a limited number of foreign players.
The club presented their players to the fans on Saturday, March 17, 2018, and the "Bison" as he is known was not present.
“[Michael] Essien was not among the players we launched because we wanted to fulfill the PSSI regulation of four foreign players in a team†club official Zainuri Hasyim told journalists.
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The club has signed three new foreign players namely, Bogan Malisic, Oh In-Kyun and Ezechiel N’Douassel.
Micheal Essien scored five goals in 29 games for Persib.