Florent Malouda has lifted the lid on why he left Chelsea.

The Frenchman spent six seasons at Stamford Bridge, joining in 2007.

He told Stadium Astro: “What happened is we disagreed on one point.

“I said something and was not following their recommendation.

“There was some kind of threat.

“They did the same thing with Nikolas Anelka and Alex. When we won the Champions League.

“I shared good moments with them. You saw what happened to them."

Nicolas Anelka left the club in 2012, revealing that manager Andre Villas-Boas had banned him from using the first-team car park.

While Alex had a transfer to Queens Park Rangers collapse.

And Malouda made his feelings on the players' treatment clear.

“So I disagreed with that," the Frenchman added. “I expressed it my way, so there was a threat.

“But I am not scared of any threat, so I said 'do what you have to do'.

“I will not respond."

The Frenchman appears to be back on good teams with the club, though.

Malouda continued: “What I did and what I achieved at Chelsea, no-one can take it away.

“I get respect from the people at the club, from the technical staff to the groundsman.

“Every time I go there, I am respected because I stand by my values."