The Ghanian ace has been struggling with injury problems since he joined the club and the setbacks have not let him to make his debut with the Greens.
However, Essien is keep improving every day in the trainings sessions and he is gathering pace to be close to full fitness in the next weeks.
Panathinaikos hope that the Ghanian ace will manage to overcome his problems and that he will be ready to play for the first time with the green shirt in the game against AEK early in November.
