Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 18 July 2008 , it was reported that MakÃ lÃ lÃ was about to take a medical the following day in Paris ahead of a proposed move back to French football .
Simplified: Claude MakÃ lÃ lÃ ( born 18 February 1973 ) is a French football player .