Makelele joins Swansea as assistant manager

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Claude Makelele has joined Swansea City as assistant coach to new boss Paul Clement until the end of the season.

The former France and Real Madrid midfielder previously worked alongside Clement when he was part of Carlo Ancelotti's background staff at Paris Saint-German, having previously been at Chelsea together when Clement started working with the first-team under Guus Hiddink.

Clement took over first-team duties at Swansea at the start of 2017, replacing Bob Bradley after his sacking and being handed the task of saving the team from relegation from the Premier League with the Swans currently sitting second bottom.

And the Welsh club have officially added the Champions League winner to their background staff, adding he will be on the bench come Saturday's home game against Arsenal.

By AFP 1 hr ago
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