Would absolutely adore Essien in the squad. One of the best midfielders in the world for a few years at Chelsea, may be over the hill a bit but talent never disappears and he'd be able to provide huge amounts of experience to this team. An absolute workhorse too so fits into Rudan's plans perfectly, not sure where all these comments saying differently are coming from. I'd have him in over Rufer, maybe as somewhat of a mentor for him. Also, we have his number 5 shirt free ;)
But apart from Essien, who do we want to see come into the squad? TAWH, Jack-Henry Sinclair, Mitch Duke, Dan Morgan, Tim Payne?