A familiar pattern has been replicated over the last few days - that of a player allegedly criticizing an element of his club in a foreign newspaper, only to deny his words the following day. Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda is the player in question. On Saturday Malouda was quoted in reputable French daily L'Equipe as saying that Frank Lampard was getting into the Blues team on reputation and not his current performances. He also suggested that he was ready to leave due to his lack of regular starts.