A sad, sad day

goodbay Makelele

goodbay Makelele

he`s 35 .. cut the cord!

sorry to see him go...

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MY IDOL IS GONE! The only player that I aspired to be like was maka...Guess I'll have to watch some Ligue 1 games from now on.

goodbay Makelele

Paris juste taken a big piece of chelsea midfild

Real Madrid took years to recover after letting him go. something tells me the same won't be true for Chelsea, though. i love Claude, but he's older than dirt. you'll be OK.

Hi there,

I have linked to this post in my latest article on Just-Football, for anyone interested. Think of this as a trackback. I believe its a big loss for you boys. Although to be fair having someone of the calibre of Essien to fill the gap isnt so bad.

http://www.just-football.com/2...

macca was only going to play the big games! the man played well at chelsea and he deserves his wish to retire in his home country.. well done macca !!!!

No No No you are wrong, Macca himself begged Chelsea to let him finish his career in his home country, and as he has been a brilliant player for the club they decided to give him his wish. He still had 1 year left on his contract! Macca was amazing in his 5 years at the club but with Essien and Jon Obi playing the same position, Maccas chances at 35yo would have been few and far between. Everyone at Chelsea wishes him well and us fans would love to see him back at the bridge to give him a good send off.

A sad day indeed. It seems that there was absolutely no attempt to sign him. Tossers.

that's a bummer. talk about a guy anyone would want on their team.

Same here. Chelsea should have kept him until he wanted to retire.