eldo 868 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Tomorrow he will play his last game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kez 2,727 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Tomorrow he will play his last game.LEGEND of the game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ack17 205 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is set to offer former midfielder Claude Makelele a role in the club’s recruitment department, according to L’Equipe.Makelele retired from professional football at the end of last season, finishing his career at Paris Saint-Germain, who have also reportedly offered the 38-year-old a backroom position as transfer director at the club.It is believed that the former defensive midfielder will wait to see PSG’s proposal before making any decision over the offer from Stamford Bridge.Makelele joined Chelsea from Real Madrid in 2003, and made 144 appearances for the club, before moving to PSG in 2008 where he racked up 80 appearances in his three seasons in the French capital. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eldo 868 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 That would be great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LDN Blue 7,900 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Would be great to see him working for the club again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostas 1,468 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I think he was supposed to get a role at PSG straight after his retirement, at least that was the original plan had he retired after 09/10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Domino- 116 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Great player , Makelele is a big Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran. 6,317 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 One of my favorite players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Domino- 116 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Big Goal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lionsden 4,689 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 "Lucas is a better all round footballer than Claude" scousers at it again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Madmax 9,219 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Let's not spoil the legend's thread by posting the unimportant opinions of deluded people who're still living in the 80s 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LDN Blue 7,900 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 "Lucas is a better all round footballer than Claude" scousers at it again.Dear lord I know scouse fans who would never go that far, even they know Maka is/was the best DMF to ever grace the game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bababoom 4,478 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Sometimes they're funny, but most of the time they are just annoying because of how deluded they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lionsden 4,689 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Dear lord I know scouse fans who would never go that far, even they know Maka is/was the best DMF to ever grace the game.Never put anything past the scousers. it's an unwritten rule.The level of delusion on their forum alone, if converted to pressure, can sink a titanic ship Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HRiver 1,512 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Reading scousers' opinions is just depressing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.F. 1,484 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 makelele's left foot> fucking lucas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran. 6,317 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) http://soccernet.esp...ith-psg?cc=5901Claude Makelele hired as an advisor for PSG. Edited September 19, 2011 by KieranVogel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LDN Blue 7,900 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 http://soccernet.esp...ith-psg?cc=5901Claude Makelele hired as an advisor for PSG.Good on them, they've got a legend on their books.. Like Real got Zidane and we got Di Matteo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Madmax 9,219 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Claude Makelele was not a glamorous sea-captain of any sort. His affable mannerisms and ever-present smile belied a combative, negative style of play that on first examination was far more destructive than constructive. This is not a bad thing. His precise, successful tackling and harassing of opposition attacks was awesome enough for unimaginative EPL commentators to consider the defensive midfielder position the “Makelele Role.” We should not judge him for the sins of others, however, as he was more than worthy of distinction. Nevertheless, one must ask when reflecting upon his career: what exactly was he? To answer that, we must first ask: what is beauty?Beauty is subjective and encompasses a broad expanse of life that includes the aesthetically pleasing but also that which is less glorious to the eye yet engrossing (and engorging). By that standard, Claude was indisputably beautiful. Watching him break up play and quietly dictate the tempo of a match was in its own way as cathartic and fascinating a spectacle as the constant creation of Xavi. Opponents and fans alike realized—usually well after the fact, if at all—that he, as much as Zidane (blasphemy!) or Vieira or Lampard, was running the show. Or, more precisely, he made the show possible.It was a beauty of a more subtle sort than that of someone like Pirlo, whose understated play exists in parallel with the immediacy of his colossal talent and glorious, flowing locks. Affable Claude, pleading his case with the smirking referee (“But I had the ball :-D”), hovering around the two center-backs, was not a man whose play inspired ecstatic hosannas. Instead, he imbued the viewer with profound respect accumulated over time, his total competence refined by intelligence and maturity to art. Sometimes, like Clint Eastwood's character in The Bridges of Madison County, the situation at hand requires a character with a fine (but not necessarily delicate) touch refined by experience and diligence. Makelele was always ready to offer just that, and for this he is rightly exalted.Yet Florentino Perez, the President of Real Madrid, said the following after refusing to give Makelele a raise to a salary more comparable to his galactico teammates and selling him to Chelsea:'We will not miss Makelele . His technique is average, he lacks the speed and skill to take the ball past opponents, and ninety percent of his distribution either goes backwards or sideways. He wasn't a header of the ball and he rarely passed the ball more than three meters. Younger players will arrive who will cause Makelele to be forgotten'There are many truths in Perez's statement, and yet he got the most important piece of information perfectly wrong: Madrid missed Makelele, badly. The galacticos project withered and died without the player Zidane deemed “the engine.” A reworking of Sir Alex Ferguson's defense of Juan Sebastian Veron, a deep-lying midfielder not noted for his defensive qualities, is a fitting tribute: “[Makelele's] a great fucking player. Youse [Perez and assorted detractors] are all fucking idiots.”Why are we stupid? What did we miss? What made Makelele such a great player? To start, he knew himself. This is vital: self-knowledge and self-awareness are often overlooked by the exceedingly talented, but for those with more prosaic skill sets, such qualities differentiate between mediocrity and excellence. He knew himself, knew his role, and his grin hid a resolute determination to succeed. In addition to his psychological strengths, he possessed outstanding positional awareness, was a superb tackler until he lost the ability to accelerate in his late thirties, and his short frame served as an asset in tight quarters as his low center of gravity helped give him balance and excellent strength while over the ball. He worked through a checklist of sorts: 1) Don't get caught out. 2) Get the ball, or, failing that, slow the attack down by getting in the way somehow. 3) If I have the ball, pass it to a nearby, open teammate. 4) Trail the run of play if someone needs an outlet. 5) Repeat as needed.He was brilliant, then, because he transcended his limitations and consistently laid waste to opposing teams' attacking schema in a campaign of destruction as subtle as Roy Keane's was spectacular. One can make the case that he was a rough equivalent of the Buddha, achieving fulfilling and transcendent enlightenment through methodical reflection on his qualities and an intense but even-keeled diligence. It's a stupid and ultimately useless analogy, but the last part of that has merit. Think of Makélélé as a night watchman, performing the unglamorous but vital task of protecting the extremely expensive modern art from the marauding playmaker-cum-art thieves of the world. A base soul like of Florentino Perez could never hope to comprehend such matters..................................................................................................................................................................Outstanding piece of work. Complete article here -> http://inbedwithmara...midfielder.html 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fulham Broadway 14,601 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 ^Excellent read - can imagine Claude laughing at such an in depth analysis - 'I jus stop zee playerz'.One of the most luminary signings and Madrids loss... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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