Makelele signs contract extension

Claude Makelele has signed a one-year extension to his Chelsea contract to keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2009.

The 34-year-old’s current deal had been set to expire at the end of the current season and he would have been able to negotiate a move away from January.

However, the French World Cup finalist has extended his stay in West London by 12 months, by which time he will be 36.