Florent Malouda is pricing himself out of a move away from Chelsea.

The Daily Mail says he is in the last year of his £70,000-a-week contract and has been told he can leave Stamford Bridge by manager Roberto Di Matteo but he does not want to take a pay cut.

The 32-year-old has attracted interest from Brazil but no clubs are willing to meet his current wages, leaving the Frenchman in limbo ahead of the close of the transfer window next Friday.

Malouda knows he could possibly earn a lucrative free transfer when his contract expires next season.