Claude Makelele Announces Retirement
By Chris Wright
Claude Makelele, what an anchor!
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid holding midfielder Claude Makelele has announced that he will retire from football at the end of the current season.
The 37-year-old is currently playing in France with Paris Saint-Germain, and speculation had been rife that he was to be offered a further one-year playing extension at the Parc des Princes.
However, the midfielder announced his plans to hang up his boots in the summer via an interview with French television channel France 2 on Thursday evening.
A man of few words, Makelele told the reporter;
“I’ve decided this is my last year”
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Legend. His picture is next to the definition of “defensive midfielder”.
Farewell ‘The Coke Can’
The most underappreciated, pioneering, great footballer you’ll ever see. If only we got more Makas these days instead of rent-a-chav gelled buffoons.
Best of all, he got to boff Noemie Lenoir on a regular basis: http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/babes/6563/the_football_w1.html
In an interview with Frank Lampard from years ago (with FHM), they asked who was the ‘biggest’ player in the team. He referred to Makalele as ‘The Tripod’
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