Training is just terrifying, diet is poor, players are brainless, you can't get a phone line, traffic is awful and Christmas will be terrible, says £50,000 a week Florent Malouda

Only last week Malouda lambasted the club for failing to arrange a private plane to fly him back from Nantes after France's Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania.

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Now the £13million summer signing from Lyon has revealed Chelsea's travel arrangements are not his only gripe as he struggles to adapt to life in the Premier League.

Malouda, who is paid £50,000 a week, said: 'Training sessions here are terrifying. They are just like matches, and you go flat out. During the actual games it is as though everybody's brains are switched off. People play by instinct, spontaneously, in the way they did when they first discovered football.'

Malouda also said he has been left stunned by what he considers poor preparation, especially when it comes to players' diets.

He said: 'The people at Chelsea don't control what the players eat. You can help yourself to whatever you like, drink Coke or anything.

'It is a good job I have come over here at the age of 27 and so haven't been following the same diet as the rest of the club's players.'

Malouda's outburst is unlikely to endear him to his new team-mates, although he has not been missed since straining his knee ligaments against Schalke four weeks ago.

In Malouda's absence, Chelsea have won three and drawn one match and rose from fourth to second in the Premier League.

But it seems Malouda has also struggled to keep himself entertained during his enforced lay-off, while settling in at his new home has proved equally problematic.

He said: 'I have only just had a phone line put in. Things are not as simple over here as they are in France. You can't just go to a shop and "bingo" they come round the next day to install your equipment.

'I've ended up watching DVDs in English. In a way I enjoy getting myself out of the s*** by myself, as I have often had to do in my life.

'The traffic in London goes at a snail's pace at times, so sometimes I end up taking the Tube. If I don't want to spend my life stuck behind the wheel in traffic jams, I phone for a taxi to get me something to eat, or whatever. Or I'll hire a big chauffeur-driven car so I can take my kids out for a walk.'

It remains to be seen what effect Malouda's moaning will have on manager Avram Grant's selection policy when he returns from injury. But, given his thoughts on the Premier League's packed Christmas schedule, perhaps the Israeli coach need not worry too much about changing a winning team.

Discussing the prospect of missing out on a winter break he enjoyed with Lyon, Malouda said: 'I have been warned about the Christmas periods in English football. They sound terrible!'