Claude Makelele to MLS?

According to reports, Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele has refused to rule out moving to America. The Frenchman was often left on the bench last season, with the likes of Jon Obi Mikel preferred in his defensive midfield role. "I have not decided where I will play next season," he told Telefoot. "The United States is an option. It would not prevent me from playing for France, ask the coach."

This would be amazing - the best all around player that has mentioned an interest in MLS. His talents far exceed Beckham, but throughout this career he has never been recognized for them. When Beckham came to Real Madrid, Makelele was forced to go to Chelsea. Since that move, Real has not won a title and Chelsea has won several.

Claude Makelele career stats:

Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2003 2003–present	Nantes Olympique de Marseille Celta Vigo Real Madrid Chelsea	169 (9) 032 (2) 070 (3) 126 (0) 126 (2)
National team
1995–present	France	053 (0)

Shevchenko eyes MLS

According to the AP, Chelsea's Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has revealed how he would like to become part of the growing football revolution in America at some stage of his career.

Shevchenko, who joined the Premiership club for £30million last summer, has failed to reproduce the kind of form which prompted Chelsea to pay AC Milan a record fee. But the 30-year-old, who missed Chelsea's FA Cup final victory over Manchester United on Saturday because of a groin injury, admits to having an ambition to play in the US.

Real Madrid's David Beckham is about to cross the Atlantic to join Los Angeles Galaxy and Shevchenko said: 'I'd like to play there, actually. Soccer is growing in the US and I'd like to be a part of that. I played there last summer against the MLS All-Stars and I saw myself that it's definitely improving.'

I hope many other foreign players starting thinking the same way.

UPDATE:
According to Eurosport.com Andriy Shevchenko says he would like to move to the American MLS league when he leaves Chelsea. Shevchenko's wife Kristen Pazik is American and spent much of her formative years in Washington DC, whose team DC United are among the leading MLS sides.

As a DC United fan I would love to see this happen!