With the Chelsea job expected to soon become available, Claude Makélélé has been linked with a role with his old club at Stamford Bridge.
Claude Makélélé has left his role as head coach at Belgian side Eupen amid links to Chelsea. The Frenchman moved to the Pro League club in 2017, having previously been an assistant at Swansea City.
Sarri returning to Italy
Makélélé won two Premier League titles during a productive playing career with Chelsea, who look set to allow head coach Maurizio Sarri to take over at Juventus. It has been reported Frank Lampard will replace the Italian and Makélélé could form part of his backroom staff, though the 46-year-old made no comment on those rumours in a statement on Eupen's website.
"I am obviously sad to leave Eupen, but I believe it is the right decision for both parties to enable the club to take a new approach and direction," he said. "I would like to thank the club and especially [director] Andreas Bleicher for the opportunity they gave me to join the club one and a half years ago, and I wish all the best of luck to my successor."
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Imagine Makalele training the midfielders as a coach. I'm actually changing my stance and going to back the bringing back old Chelsea players gimmick as they can get respect out of this squad as former players. I think the 1 trait that has held Chelsea back since the legends retires is the lack of respect players have for the club and its legacy and with the appointment of former players in senior roles, it might just come back to us....