DBasia.news – Maurizio Sarri’s career at Chelsea was short, despite the fact he managed to bring Chelsea into the Champions League zone and win the Europa League title. Sarri’s position was replaced by Frank Lampard.
Not satisfied just returning Lampard, now according to Goal’s report, the Blues will also soon repatriate one of the other legendary players, Claude Makelele.
Not going to enter the coaching staff, the Frenchman will be given another assignment, namely a technical advisor for the Chelsea junior squad. In addition to monitoring the performance of young players in the junior team, Makelele will also monitor the players who are undergoing a loan period. Not only that, but he was also appointed as the club ambassador.
It was not surprising to see the club owned by Roman Abramovich began to care about the young players in the squad, especially after they now could not bring in a brand-new name after being subjected to a transfer embargo sanction from FIFA.
As is known, Chelsea is known as a club that quite often lends young players to other clubs with the aim that they get the opportunity to play at the same time flying hours before promotion to the first team. If in the 2018/19 season the London club lent 42 players, now ahead of the 2019/20 season, there are already 17 players on loan.
Claude Makelele worked at Stamford Bridge in 2003 to 2008, he managed to play 217 matches and helped Chelsea win five prestigious trophies.
The return of Makelele also made Chelsea’s coaching staff dominated by familiar faces, besides Lampard and himself, the club had also repatriated Jody Morris and Petr Cech first.