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Vice President of the Ghana Football Association has complained about the context within which a report in the English media on Sunday was attributed to him suggested that he implied that Chelsea had not sought permission to use Michael Essien due to his absence from a national game. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is prepared to test the Fifa regulations saying Chelsea broke the rules by playing Michael Essien in a home win over Wolves on November 21 after the player stayed away from a Ghana friendly against Angola the previous Wednesday. Wenger believes Essien should have been suspended for Chelsea�s subsequent Premier League fixture, the 3-0 win at Arsenal. The Blues are reported to claim that the matter is a �non-issue� because they have written permission from Ghana�s FA to use Essien. However, the same report casts doubts about the said permission with Ghana linked to the controversy as Fred Pappoe, according to the Sunday Times says �he was unaware any permission had been granted� Chelsea. But the FA Vice President says the context within which the report places his response to a different question asked by the Times is erroneous. �I had a call from the guy [Times reporter] last week asking whether we [FA] were going to complain against the use of Essien by Chelsea because he had stayed away from our game. �I made it clear to him [reporter] that I was out of the country and would not be in the position to know[decision of the FA to complain against the use of the player] so he should call later when I was back in town. �He hasn�t called me up till now. I find it improper for them to put out something within that context as a basis to doubt another argument. �It�s so wrong to do that. I have still not got a call from the guy for the GFA�s official position and on the matter they are reporting today[Sunday],� the FA Vice President told www.ghanafa.org Sunday morning.