PUBLISHED: 17:32 EST, 11 February 2013 | UPDATED: 17:32 EST, 11 February 2013
Not happy: Florent Malouda has hit out at Chelsea
Florent Malouda has launched an astonishing attack on Chelsea, claiming the club are trying to 'break him mentally' by forcing him to train with academy players.
The France international has hit out after being excluded from the 25-man Premier League squad all season and forbidden from even changing with the first team at their Cobham training ground.
Malouda, whose contract expires at the end of the season, has been banished since a move to North America collapsed last summer.
'The details I'll explain when I'm free,' Malouda, 32, told newspaper France-Guyane.
'But the strategy they use is to make me look like a player seeking substantial compensation. If you are excluded for one year, it is very, very long. You must be armed mentally. All this is done to break me mentally, but in reality it motivates me enormously.'
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Another article for people to have a pop at Chelsea *sigh* DM something new please thanks
- jourdan , South West London, 12/2/2013 06:30
Laurie Whitewell should be ashamed of putting her name to an article that she took from another publication, she did no work for it... Malouda talked about leaving and had chances to move to other clubs but he turned them down for money reasons, his choice entirely but it's also the clubs choice not to play a player that wanted to leave.
- Been There , Done That, United Kingdom, 12/2/2013 06:10
shame on him for not finding a club in january.i am sure he had sone interest but he did not lower his wage demands
- sas , Perth, 12/2/2013 05:26
Malouda can leave anytime he wants - no one is holding a gun to his head. If he does not like where his employer puts him, he has the power to change that.
- ozarkgolfer , HoustonTX, 12/2/2013 05:26
Is buying a lot of the worlds best young talented prospects before the financial fair play rules are enforced stupid,I think its a smart move.
- cfc1976 , London, 12/2/2013 05:11
chelsea told him 2 leave in d summer but he wasn't ready 2 lower his wage demands...n he is on 80k a week...i'm not quite sure how he is suffering mentally
- saquib , chelsea, India, 12/2/2013 04:24
Same happened with Anelka and another brazilian center back. The problem with Chelsea is the management not the coach or the players. The culprits are those "close" to Roman, giving him wrong advise. - Buying a lot of players but sending them on loan. It is a waste of good money. These on-loan players will develop loyalty to the club they are in and not with Chelsea. Case in point is the Belgium goalkeeper with Altilico Madrid and Lakaku with West Brom. - Also the management do not respect past contribution of the players. Lampard is a clear example. I am seriously thinking of changing my support for the club I held in high respect for the past 15 years.
- Beng8 , Malaysia, 12/2/2013 04:09
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They can try and break me mentally for £90,000 a week. In fact ill let them try for £25,000 a week. They need to get a grip. Being broken mentally is struggling to pay the mortgage and put food on the table after working 16 hour days.
- Jim , Walsall , England., 12/2/2013 06:39
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