The Footballer Who Pocket £4MILLION This Year Without Kicking A Ball

Malouda would be released by June 30

This time last year he was still celebrating Chelsea's Champions League triumph after coming on as a substitute against Bayern Munich.

Yesterday the forgotten man of Chelsea's historic victory against Jupp Heynckes' side in the Allianz-Arena was isolated and alone at their Cobham training centre.

 

Malouda criticized Di Matteo's training system and eventually lost his coach favour

There are echoes of Winston Bogarde, the £50,000 a week Dutch defender who was ordered to train with the youth in his final season at Chelsea in 2004.

Bogarde commuted from his home in Amsterdam and reported each day at Chelsea's old Harlington training centre to fulfil his contractual obligations.

This time it is the player from France, Florent Malouda that is at the centre of ths story. 

 

Teammates backed Di Matteo's decision to relegate Malouda

Malouda's contract at Chelsea, which is worth £80,000 a week, does not end until June 30 and it is possible he may even be ordered to train until then.

Chelsea's under-18 team, who lost the FA Youth Cup final against Norwich, and the Under-21 Development Squad have packed up for the summer.

 

Malouda celebrates with teammates after glorious Champions league win

The response, which was taken at boardroom level, was to order the France international midfielder to train with the Development Squad in another area of Chelsea's training ground.

Chelsea's hardline stance has cost them just over £4m in wages, but the football board maintain they made the right decision when they stripped Malouda of his first team privileges.

His locker was cleared and his car parking space was allocated to another player when he was sent to train with the academy.

Incredibly his attitude has remained first class, passing on tips to some of Chelsea's young players as he saw out the last few months of his contract.

Nathan Ake, who made his first start for the senior team against Everton on the final day of the season, along with highly-rated young players such as George Saville and Todd Kane have all benefited from his advice.

He will eventually leave as a Champions League winner, but it's not the way he wanted to go out after six years at Stamford Bridge.