Malouda was useless in his last 3 seasons, Kalou was always useless, he scored some goals but he should have been let go and replaced a long time ago hence why 95 percent of chelsea supporters wanted him out for years. That is my point. Mikel is deadwood, you can't move on by keeping him here, he has never reached his potential and he has had all the time in the world to become a good player and he hasn't been able to put in any consistent performances in during that time. Despite us needing midfielders for the past 3 season. He will not fit into the system, he play far to safe when we need to be more dynamic, the West Ham game was a big example of it when every time he had the ball he let West Ham regroup despite Azpilicueta right there at the touch line with no players around him, Mikel still hesitated to pass it then finally passed it back. So what is the need in him being here when we can replace him and move on, that doesn't mean to say we need to go spend 40 million on a world class player, no one has said that. It means simply replacing him with someone who can actually put in a good performance when he is really needed.