Michael Essien believes his former club, Chelsea can retain the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League title.
He made this comment in Istanbul, Turkey, when assisting UEFA to conduct the 2021/21 Champions League group stage draw.
Asked how impressed he was with his former side's club performance in the competition last season along with their prospects this season, the former Black Stars midfielder said Thomas Tuchel's side has the personnel to become one of the few clubs to win it back-to-back.
 "I believe they (Chelsea) can do back-to-back wins for the club. It would be a very big achievement but they have a big squad, and with Lukaku back they are well prepared," he said during the draw.
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Essien's Chelsea have been placed in Group H where they will be taking on Juventus, Zenit and Malmo.
Essien was present at the group stage draw in Istanbul, Turkey, as one of the special guests alongside former Chelsea teammate, Branislav Ivanovic, to assist with the draw.
Michael Essien won the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, after earlier losing in the finals in 2008 to Manchester United.
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