Real Madrid stars furious as Makelele joins Chelsea

Real Madrid's stars are furious that Claude Makelele was allowed to join Chelsea yesterday.

The Frenchman was one of the club's most popular players and Real ace Zinedine Zidane rapped: "Claude allowed me the freedom to play further forward where I can do more damage."

"It would have been ideal if we had kept him because now I will have to change the job I do for the team."

Teammate Ivan Helguera also said: "Claude was indispensable."

"The club can try and replace him but they won't find anyone as good for us as he was."

"When Makelele didn't play in important games last year we definitely missed him."