7. Lassana Diarra
A player brought in as Makelele successor. Lassana Diarra joined Chelsea in 2005 after he was discovered by Chelsea scouts as a younger version of Claudio Makelele. Unfortunately, he only managed to make 14 appearances for the blues in three seasons with the club before joining Arsenal and later moving to Real Madrid.
Lassana has featured in a number of games for the French national team though. Diarra now finds himself playing for PSG.
