Chelsea offers Malouda to Barcelona

Madrid sports tabloid As claims that Chelsea left winger and French international Florent Malouda (28) has been offered to Barcelona.

An intermediary who spoke in the name of Chelsea reportedly contacted Barcelona officials putting Malouda for sale for a transfer price of 20 million euro°. Barcelona would be considering the offer although both for economic and personal reasons a transfer seems unlikely.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo nevertheless claims that Malouda is still one of the names on the list in case the transfer of Bayern Munich player Ribéry wouldn't go through (read more here). The French winger would have left a good impression during the Champions League semi-finals games between Barcelona and Chelsea. Malouda, who is represented by player's agency Mondial Promotion and has a contract with Chelsea until 2011, would cost around 15-20 million euro°.

Asked about the new rumours linking him with an exit, Malouda said in an interview with French football weekly paper France Football that he wants to continue at Chelsea: "Every time, I say the same thing and I don't know why but people are not getting the message! If I have chosen to live in London, that's no coincidence.

It's true that I don't talk a lot about my private life but London is the ideal place for my family, my children are having a great time there. I have veru good relationships at Chelsea and, in sporting terms, things are getting better and better. I am part of a club where I am flourishing."

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