Roman's decade at Chelsea - The best and worst transfers

5. Claude Makélélé -

Claude Makélélé

I quote Florentino Perez here -

“We will not miss Makélelé. 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 metres. Younger players will arrive who will cause Makélelé to be forgotten.”

This is what was said about him when he was transferred to Chelsea. 3 seasons since then, Chelsea had won 2 Premier League titles, 2 League Cups, a Community Shield and a FA Cup. Real Madrid had won nothing. He was so good at his work that people sometimes call his position the “Makele Role”. In 2005, he was selected as a member of the World XI at the FIFPro awards.