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By Uche AbuguPosted on February 14, 2017Posted in ChelseaTagged Antonio Conte, Arsene Wenger, Claude Makelele, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard, John Terry, Lassana Diarra, Marcos Alonso, N’Golo Kante, Pedro, Philipp Lahm, Ricardo Carvalho, Roman Abramovich, Thierry Henry, Thomas Gravesen, Victor Moses, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

‘I was at the Chelsea training ground last week to see Eden Hazard and noticed N’Golo Kante wandering back to the changing rooms. So I went over to him and stood in front of him. And I poked him in the chest. I had to, just to check if he was real! “You are real, […]

Who are the five most underrated Premier League players?

By Michael PearsonPosted on February 2, 2017Posted in English Premier LeagueTagged Cheikhou Kouyate, Claude Makelele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jamie Vardy, Lionel Messi, Luis Figo, Michael Carrick, N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Raul, Riyad Mahrez, Sam Clucas, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steven Davis, Stoke City Fans, Zinedine Zidane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Football seems to be turning more and more into an individual sport. With individual votes such as the Ballon D’or growing each year, and now the introduction of “the best FIFA” awards. Even Spain seemed to become more Ronaldo v Messi than Real v Barca at one point. Football still holds similar rules and regulations […]

Have Chelsea captain and manager kissed and made up after JT got Mourinho sacked?

By By Far The Greatest TeamPosted on June 4, 2013Posted in Premier LeagueTagged Chelsea, Claude Makelele, John Terry, Jose Mourinho4 Comments

Claude Makelele published an autobiography in 2009, ‘Tout Simplement’, which revealed that the reason behind Jose Mourinho’s dismissal in 2007 was John Terry. After being told that he was going to be dropped, a disgruntled Terry apparently went to complain about the manager to Peter Kenyon and Roman Abramovich. Then he gave the club an […]