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We were competitors and we always wanted to learn. At half-time, we talked about the situation, we changed, we adapted to the qualities of our team-mates. That was the way we got good results.

— Claude Makélélé

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I like that role, it makes me feel really useful in the team. I’d say my function within the team now is to cancel out danger, to prevent the counter-attack and to hassle the opposition.

It’s always difficult to win the Premier League and winning it for a second time in a row really demonstrates you are the best team.

I analysed games more closely. I would speak with Jose Mourinho before games about where I could move to get away from the middle and to open space for others.

For me, it’s not about trophies. It’s about putting my name in the history books. Time is the best trophy. I left something for young players to understand how to play in this position.

At Nantes I played both an attacking and defensive role, but in Spain I was persuaded to concentrate on the defensive side: closing players down, constantly chasing.

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