Chelsea Talks Have Not Gone Well - Robben

Arjen Robben has admitted that his talks with Chelsea over a new and improved contract have not gone to plan.

The comments come after Florent Malouda completed his move to Chelsea, and put his future at Stamford Bridge in doubt despite Mourinho's insistence on the contrary.

"I want to leave it very clear - the fact that we signed Malouda is not to open the door for Arjen to leave," the Chelsea boss had said yesterday.
"I’d like to keep Arjen.

"He has two more years of his contract and Chelsea are negotiating with him over a new contract. Hopefully we can do it."

The player himself had been open to staying on despite having an eye on a move to the Bernabeu, but the contract talks seem to have gone wary.

"I don’t know what will happen," The Sun quote him as saying.
"I have not signed a new deal and will see what the future brings. The talks have not gone really well."

The Sun claim that the player has been handed a new five year contract worth £83,000 a week. However, reports from Spain suggest that Real Madrid are willing to make it a six figure weekly salary.

As of now, Chelsea have placed a prohibitive £18m price tag on the Dutch winger, one that Real Madrid have baulked at. Los Merengues are unwilling to offer anything more that 14.