Source: Team_Talk
Kalou seeks Chelsea guarantees
Salomon Kalou has told Chelsea he wants a guarantee of more game time before he signs a new contract at Stamford Bridge.[LNB] Kalou had looked set to leave the club when his current deal expires next summer but manager Andre Villas-Boas revealed last week that talks had begun with the striker over an extension.[LNB]The parties need to reach an agreement before January if Chelsea are to avoid risking Kalou leaving for nothing, and the 26-year-old has spelt out his terms, chiefly that he wants to be elevated from the fringe status he has endured since joining the club five years ago.[LNB]"That's what every player wants to have, game time," said Kalou, who once again found himself on the bench in the 5-0 Champions League thrashing of Genk.[LNB]"Because if you're not playing every weekend, how are you going to improve yourself?[LNB]"So it's very important to play to improve and to push yourself to the limit.[LNB]"That's what I'm looking for."[LNB]Kalou, who started the first two Premier League games under Villas-Boas but has been in the XI just once since, added: "We're still talking and hopefully the club is putting itself in a good position and me myself as well.[LNB]"I think we're going to agree on something good.[LNB]"I want to stay, I want to be here. I like Chelsea. I've had a fantastic five seasons here and won some prizes.[LNB]"Chelsea are looking forward to the future and I'm still a young player and I think my future can be here."[LNB]Kalou took full advantage of a 22-minute cameo last night to net his first goal of the season.[LNB]The strike capped Chelsea's equal biggest Champions League victory as they showed no mercy to their injury-ravaged ravaged opponents to stay top of Group E.[LNB]Asked if Genk were one of the worst sides he had faced, Kalou said: "You cannot take away the good performance of Chelsea.[LNB]"We played good football and we scored very early, so that gave us also the opportunity to create more chances.[LNB]"So I cannot say we played the worst team."[LNB]Fernando Torres must wish he could play Genk every week after netting his first Champions League goals for two and a half years.[LNB]Raul Meireles also scored his first for Chelsea and Branislav Ivanovic got the other to take the club's tally to 18 in their last five matches.[LNB]Kalou said: "The team is coming on together and playing good football, adding a lot of goals.[LNB]"We have to keep pushing ourselves to the limit.[LNB]"That's the only way you can achieve big things."
