Vieira fears Chelsea challenge

Patrick Vieira fears Chelsea are capable of winning Barclaycard Premiership title if fellow France international Claude Makelele settles in well following his transfer from Real Madrid.

Makelele’s £16.8m (€24.28m) move was completed on transfer deadline day yesterday and took Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s spending over £100m (€144.5m) since his arrival at Stamford Bridge in July.