Chelsea winger Florent Malouda expects to remain at Stamford Bridge for a 'long, long time'.

The France international joined the Blues in 2007 following a £13.5million move from Ligue 1 champions Lyon.

Malouda had suffered with injuries and failed to live up to his price tag when he first arrived in West London, sparking speculation the Blues would finally cut their loses this summer.

But the 28-year-old has previously stated that he does not want to leave and, after finding his feet during Guus Hiddink's short-term tenure, he maintains that his future is at Chelsea.

Confident

"I still see my future at Chelsea. Everyone is talking about my future but I will stay here for a long, long time," he said in the Evening Standard.

And Malouda has also confirmed Chelsea's desperation to win the UEFA Champions League this season following last year's final defeat to Manchester United in Russia.

The Blues are preparing for a semi-final meeting with competition favourites Barcelona, however, there is a confidence in Hiddink's squad.

"We can do great things in the remainder of the season, especially in the Champions League. Everyone is thinking about the final we lost against United in Moscow last year," added Malouda.

"Our target is to reach the final again and win it. We know it won't be easy to beat Barcelona in the semi-finals but we have to be ready for that if we are to deserve to win the competition."

Guus Hiddink is ready to concentrate on a cup double after conceding Chelsea are realistically out of the race for the Premier League title.

Guus Hiddink shakes hands with David Moyes before Wednesday night's 0-0 draw
Hiddink insisted that it was now time to focus on the Champions League and the FA Cup after their goalless stalemate against Everton at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final, first leg at the Nou Camp next Tuesday and Hiddink is considering giving some of his players a rest against West Ham on Saturday.

He is already without centre-half Ricardo Carvalho for the trip to Spain, the Portuguese having suffered a recurrence of his hamstring problem.

But in a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final at the end of May, Chelsea and Everton served up an entertaining draw that was dominated by goalkeepers.

Chelsea's Petr Cech and Everton's Tim Howard produced fine solo performances to preserve the deadlock which, coupled with Manchester United's 2-0 victory over Portsmouth, put an end to any remaining title ambitions for Hiddink's side.

The Blues are six points adrift of leaders United who have a game in hand and Hiddink knows the title is no longer a realistic ambition.

"It is difficult but we now have to focus on only two other roads - the Champions League and, later on in May, Everton again in the FA Cup final,'' admitted Hiddink.

"Everyone is disappointed. We knew it was difficult to go for the title so when you drop two points there is disappointment of course. But this team is able to cope with that and focus ourselves on the difficult game against Barcelona next week.''


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