Upon news that Claude Makelele may be moving away from Chelsea to Paris Saint Germain, I am shocked and upset. Makelele was, for a period, the main reason for the success of Chelsea. Following his departure from Real Madrid in 2003, the Los Galacticos era was evectually over and Madrid suffered from the loss of their defensive midfielder. However, I am glad to say I doubt the same will happen to Chelsea, with John Obi Mikel a capable replacement.
I really do hope that Chelsea don't suffer from this move, and if anyone can ever be better than Makelele in the defensive midfield role, I will be surprised. After all, his masterful performances led to that position being named "The Makelele Role."
Good luck Claude, and thanks for the memories.

Thoughts?

There is a new world in the English dictionary the Makalele role, - that is a defensive mid-feilder that can hold the ball Makalele perfected that role in the 1st 2 season of Jose Morinho's reign. English soccer analyst used the word the makalele role several times during Euro 2008 when analysing different matches. So makalele's name has come to stay in the lexicon of soccer.[size=8pt][/size][b][/b]

To answer the question, Mascherano and Flamini are already world beaters in that role and will go on to modify the DM/MC role.

flamini,gatuso re good examples in dat role.dont 4get the kaiser who made the workd take note of dat part of role