Former French international footballer and Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly (C), his former Chelsea teammate Graeme Le Saux of England (L) and former US player Lorrie Fair attend a training session with Emirati schoolboys at the Football Club in the Gulf emirate of al-Ain on February 10, 2009.

from chelseafc.com
Football-fever will be hitting the Middle East this week as two legends of the game kick off Chelsea Football Club’s Soccer Schools in Abu Dhabi. Over 500 boys and girls aged between seven and 14 will get the opportunity to develop their skills in specialist clinics run by Chelsea legends Marcel Desailly and Graeme le Saux.

Alongside Desailly and Le Saux will be one of the world’s leading female footballers, Lorrie Fair, a former United States international and the youngest member of the 1999 US World Cup winning team, who joined Chelsea as an ambassador last year.

Former US football player Lorrie Fair trains an Emirati schoolboy at the Football Club in the Gulf emirate of al-Ain on February 10, 2009.

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