Makelele still Ranieri's key man

Claudio Ranieri claims Claude Makelele is living up to his billing as the man who makes Chelsea tick.

Makelele still Ranieri's key man

Claudio Ranieri claims Claude Makelele is living up to his billing as the man who makes Chelsea tick.

When the French midfielder signed a deadline-day £16.8m (€23.9m) deal on September 1, Ranieri hailed him as the final piece in his jigsaw and described the 30-year-old as “the battery for my watch.”

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