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From Ligue 1 to Superstardom: Claude Makelele - Real Galactico

Long before Chelsea, Madrid and having a position named after him, he was driving Nantes to Ligue 1 glory and a Champions League semi-final

There’s the Cruyff Turn, the Panenka penalty, the Papin volley, the Maradona 360 or the Zidane roulette.

But even those greats didn’t have an entire position named after them. 'Inverted winger' conjures up images of Arjen Robben or Cristiano Ronaldo cutting inside onto their strong foot; 'false no.9' does the same for Lionel Messi or Francesco Totti dropping from the centre-forward role to create and exploit space.

But there’s one position reserved for one man in particular, which evokes only memories of a single player, the one against that all specialist defensive midfielders are judged: The Makelele Role.