This bit:
"At the moment Kalou is finishing his contract and we haven't decided on further continuity, not me but the football club, and Malouda we have been speaking to and there is interest from both parties to continue with his future but we have to decide at the end of the season," Villas-Boas told the club's official website.
"For the player that he was for this football club, a good servant of the club, and for the match minutes that he has at the moment it's something we have to talk about at the end of the season."
Would lead me to believe its not going to be a decision made by the Manager...I don't know how we're ever going to go through a transition, change the style of play to that I'm sure the Manager described to Roman when they talked about the 'project' if its not his decision on the comings and goings of personel.
All that will do apart from taking up valuable squad places for players that might not fit the planned style is leed to more critisism of AVB (like already in this thread) when hes not even the one responsible.
The Club are not going to go into the transfer Market for a dozen players so I can see an argument for talking over contracts with players that could still do a job but if they are on high wages and not likely to feature as first team regulars, I'd hope that it would be the Managers decision as to if they were offered another deal, something tells me it won't be and that leaves the same old
problem of having to keep these players happy when they might not fit in the system he wants to play.
AVB has said hes interested in a couple of Wingers...with the midfield players we have I can't see a starting place for Malouda and I really can't see him being happy as back up.
