{"id":13380,"date":"2017-05-27T00:57:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T00:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/2017\/05\/27\/claude-makelele-signs-swansea-contract-extension-after-dramatic-premier-league-turnaround\/"},"modified":"2017-05-27T00:57:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T00:57:08","slug":"claude-makelele-signs-swansea-contract-extension-after-dramatic-premier-league-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/?p=13380","title":{"rendered":"Claude Makelele Signs Swansea Contract Extension After Dramatic Premier League Turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"74.4143484627\">\n<p>?Swansea City were exceedingly fortunate to avoid the drop down to the Championship\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">during the 2016-17 Premier League season,<\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0after some\u00a0frantic months at the foot of the table resulted in the Swans finishing just above the relegation zone in 15th place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since the club&#8217;s unlikely survival,\u00a0Swansea&#8217;s official website\u00a0confirmed that former Chelsea star Claude Makelele,\u00a0who earned 71 caps for his country, has been rewarded with a new contract at the Liberty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-container imageEmbedded\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-url=\"http:\/\/90min-images-original.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/592876767f6821ca33000001.jpg\" data-large_url=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/claude-makelele-assistant-coach-of-swansea-city-looks-on-from-the-picture-id664016612?b=1&#038;k=6&#038;m=664016612&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=ZRoUWC-0Dg263lPilDYrY15V6a4f-la-c5pm_Q474Bw=\" data-title=\"Swansea City v Middlesbrough - Premier League\" data-description=\"SWANSEA, WALES - APRIL 01:  Claude Makelele, assistant coach of Swansea City looks on from the sideline during the Premier League match between Swansea City and Middlesbrough at the Liberty Stadium on April 1, 2017 in Swansea, Wales.  (Photo by Michael Steele\/Getty Images)\" data-credit=\"Michael Steele\/GettyImages\" data-date=\"2017-04-01\" data-ratio=\"4\/3\" data-crop=\"\"x\":0.06476190476190476,\"y\":0,\"w\":0.8888888888888888,\"h\":1\" data-getty_image=\"true\" data-licensor=\"GettyImages\" data-is-animated=\"false\" data-width=\"undefined\" data-height=\"undefined\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.minutemediacdn.com\/process?url=http%3A%2F%2F90min-images-original.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fproduction%2F592876767f6821ca33000001.jpg&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bw%5D=0.8888888888888888&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bh%5D=1.0&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_x%5D=0.06476190476190476&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_y%5D=0.0&#038;filters%5Bquality%5D%5Btarget%5D=80&#038;type=.jpg&#038;filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bw%5D=630&#038;filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bh%5D=472\" alt=\"Swansea City v Middlesbrough - Premier League\" title=\"Michael Steele\/GettyImages\" data-licensor=\"GettyImages\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman will continue his work at the Liberty Stadium as one of Paul Clement&#8217;s assistants alongside Nigel Gibbs, keeper coach Tony Roberts and head of physical performance Karl Halabi.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the imminent domestic campaign will become more prominent in the transfer window in the coming months, although the struggling top-flight outfit have already been boosted in the coaching department by the signing of former Chelsea ace Makelele.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial;\"><inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Clement was\u00a0<\/inline><inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">on the coaching staff at the Blues when Makelele was contracted at Stamford Bridge, and the Swans boss <\/inline>believes<inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0that the 44-year-old former Real Madrid and Paris St. Germain midfielder was a <\/inline>predominant<inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0<\/inline><inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">figure behind the scenes<\/inline><inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\"> in the Swans&#8217; narrow survival during the <\/inline>season<inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0which has just passed.\u00a0<\/inline><\/inline><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mun_iFdOsBY\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"Youtube embed--Youtube embed--generic-iframe embeded-video-player\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\">\u201cWe are very happy that he is going to be staying on because he is very popular,&#8221; Clement said\u00a0about Makelele last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\">\u201cHe is a quiet, humble man considering what he did as a player. He has great experience and he has passed that on to the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-container imageEmbedded\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-url=\"http:\/\/90min-images-original.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/592876cc0eb35b3b16000001.jpg\" data-large_url=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/swansea-coaching-memebers-nigel-gibbs-and-claude-makelele-chat-during-picture-id631692494?b=1&#038;k=6&#038;m=631692494&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=UNRMZeZuYUeGPzUYp3D6cqci5sSJMrRoFLCAFkZpM40=\" data-title=\"Swansea City v Arsenal - Premier League\" data-description=\"SWANSEA, WALES - JANUARY 14:  Swansea coaching memebers Nigel Gibbs (l) and Claude Makelele chat during the Premier League match between Swansea City and Arsenal at Liberty Stadium on January 14, 2017 in Swansea, Wales.  (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images)\" data-credit=\"Stu Forster\/GettyImages\" data-date=\"2017-01-14\" data-ratio=\"16\/9\" data-crop=\"\"x\":0.05077030812324931,\"y\":0.02857142857142857,\"w\":0.9033613445378152,\"h\":0.8292857142857143\" data-getty_image=\"true\" data-licensor=\"GettyImages\" data-is-animated=\"false\" data-width=\"undefined\" data-height=\"undefined\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.minutemediacdn.com\/process?url=http%3A%2F%2F90min-images-original.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fproduction%2F592876cc0eb35b3b16000001.jpg&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bw%5D=0.9033613445378152&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bh%5D=0.8292857142857143&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_x%5D=0.05077030812324931&#038;filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_y%5D=0.02857142857142857&#038;filters%5Bquality%5D%5Btarget%5D=80&#038;type=.jpg&#038;filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bw%5D=578&#038;filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bh%5D=325\" alt=\"Swansea City v Arsenal - Premier League\" title=\"Stu Forster\/GettyImages\" data-licensor=\"GettyImages\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\">During his impressive playing career, Makelele won an array of trophies including\u00a0<inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">two La Liga titles, two Premier Leagues and the Champions League.\u00a0<\/inline><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial;\"><inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Swansea will be gunning on his endless wisdom regarding the game to propel the club towards a few\u00a0potential accolades of their own in the future, with the vision of bettering last year&#8217;s campaign starting in the <\/inline>training<inline style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0field.<\/inline><\/inline><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" readability=\"1.5\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>?Swansea City were exceedingly fortunate to avoid the drop down to the Championship\u00a0during the 2016-17 Premier League season,\u00a0after some\u00a0frantic months at the foot of the table resulted in the Swans finishing just above the relegation zone in 15th place. Since the club&#8217;s unlikely survival,\u00a0Swansea&#8217;s official website\u00a0confirmed that former Chelsea star Claude Makelele,\u00a0who earned 71 caps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swansea-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}