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Florent Malouda criticises Chelsea methods
By Vicki Hodges and agencies
Last Updated: 8:49am GMT 04/12/2007
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Winger Florent Malouda has launched an unprovoked attack on Chelsea, criticising the club's dietary control, training sessions and his team-mates' playing mindsets.
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Malouda joined the club in a £13 million move from Lyon in the summer but is finding adjusting to life at Stamford Bridge and London difficult.
Florent Malouda
Out in the open: Malouda airs his thoughts on life at Chelsea
The physicality of Chelsea's day-to-day routine on the training ground has caught the France international by surprise and he said: "Training sessions here are terrifying. They are just like matches and you go flat out."
Yet Malouda feels many of his team-mates take that same approach into match days. He said: "During the actual games it is as though everybody's brains are switched off.
"People play by instinct, spontaneously, in the way they did when they first discovered football."
While the 27-year-old has questioned the club's training sessions, he has also been shocked by the eating habits at Stamford Bridge and is grateful that he did not move to the club sooner.
"The people at Chelsea don't control what the players eat. You can help yourself to whatever you like, drink Coke or anything," he said.
"It is a good job I have come over here at the age of 27 and so haven't been following the same diet as the rest of the club's players."
Malouda is currently sidelined with knee ligament damage he suffered on Champions League duty against Schalke four weeks ago.
During that time Avram Grant's side have won three and drawn one match to move up the Premier League table.
Chelsea will hope to have Malouda available for the busy Christmas period which sees the club face three matches in the space of nine days against Blackburn, Aston Villa and Newcastle.
But Malouda said: "I have been warned about the Christmas periods in English football. They sound terrible."
Florent Malouda criticises Chelsea methods
By Vicki Hodges and agencies
Last Updated: 8:49am GMT 04/12/2007
Have your say Read comments
Winger Florent Malouda has launched an unprovoked attack on Chelsea, criticising the club's dietary control, training sessions and his team-mates' playing mindsets.
# Andriy Shevchenko's final Chelsea chance
# In pics: Premier League action| Chelsea homepage
# Telegraph TV: Premier and Football League highlights
Malouda joined the club in a £13 million move from Lyon in the summer but is finding adjusting to life at Stamford Bridge and London difficult.
Florent Malouda
Out in the open: Malouda airs his thoughts on life at Chelsea
The physicality of Chelsea's day-to-day routine on the training ground has caught the France international by surprise and he said: "Training sessions here are terrifying. They are just like matches and you go flat out."
Yet Malouda feels many of his team-mates take that same approach into match days. He said: "During the actual games it is as though everybody's brains are switched off.
"People play by instinct, spontaneously, in the way they did when they first discovered football."
While the 27-year-old has questioned the club's training sessions, he has also been shocked by the eating habits at Stamford Bridge and is grateful that he did not move to the club sooner.
"The people at Chelsea don't control what the players eat. You can help yourself to whatever you like, drink Coke or anything," he said.
"It is a good job I have come over here at the age of 27 and so haven't been following the same diet as the rest of the club's players."
Malouda is currently sidelined with knee ligament damage he suffered on Champions League duty against Schalke four weeks ago.
During that time Avram Grant's side have won three and drawn one match to move up the Premier League table.
Chelsea will hope to have Malouda available for the busy Christmas period which sees the club face three matches in the space of nine days against Blackburn, Aston Villa and Newcastle.
But Malouda said: "I have been warned about the Christmas periods in English football. They sound terrible."
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