Essien - We'll win the title

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Chelsea will win the title this year.

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Michael Essien believes Chelsea are the clear favourites to win the Premier League trophy this season.

Despite a change of manager following the arrival Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Ghana ace is confident in his team-mates' ability to reclaim their title crown.

With Deco joining the likes of Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard in Blues' star-studded midfielder, Essien believes Chelsea are the only real contenders to lift the coveted trophy come next May.

The former Lyon ace wants his colleges to forget the disappointment of missing out to Manchester United last year and simply concentrate on getting things right this season.

Only contenders

"We've got the best players in the world at Chelsea and by next May will be the only team in contention. Chelsea will win the title this year," claimed Essien in The Sun.

"Players like Ballack, Lampard and Deco are world class. It is to our advantage that we have so many players who have achieved so much.

"As you can see in training or during the games, they can always change the games. They have a winning mentality so it's going to be good for us.

"Hopefully this year we will win more trophies. Last year was unlucky for us, these things happen in football but you just have to forget about it."