Winston Bogarde has claimed that Chelsea never asked him to take a pay cut on his £40,000-a-week salary and the club also would n't send him out on loan for anything less than 100 per cent of his wages being paid during his ill-fated spell at Stamford Bridge . The Dutch defender joined Chelsea in 2000 but rarely featured for the first team during his four-year spell in west London . Bogarde was signed when Gianluca Vialli was Chelsea boss , but the Italian was sacked within a week to be replaced by Claudio Ranieri . Winston Bogarde spent four years at Stamford Bridge but hardly featured in Chelsea 's first team . Despite his lack of playing opportunities , Bogarde honoured the contract and continued to collect his £40k salary from the club . But , in an interview with the Guardian , the 44-year-old said he was never asked to take a pay cut and Chelsea would n't loan him to another club unless they paid all of his wages . 'No , they didn ’ t try that , ' Bogarde replied when asked whether Chelsea considered cutting his wages . He added : 'Vialli bought me and when I had been there a week he got sacked . You have to look who the new manager ’ s going to be and if you ’ re still going to get a chance . Bogarde was signed under Gianluca Vialli , who was replaced by Claudio Ranieri ( right ) within a week . 'They had to cut costs . My situation was not very good and we tried to solve it many ways . Like to maybe go on loan or sell me , or whatever . But in the end it didn ’ t work out . ' A club could not pay my whole salary ( for a loan deal ) , they could maybe pay 70 per cent . And they asked Chelsea to pay the other 30 per cent and Chelsea said : `` No . If you want to take him it ’ s going to be 100 % or nothing . He is going nowhere '' . ' 'Of course . For a player , for me , it ’ s terrible not to play . Yet I had to return for training . Return looking for the next solution , you understand ? '
Winston Bogarde spent four years at Chelsea but hardly featured . The Dutchman was on £30 per cent a week despite lack of playing time . The 44-year-old claims that Chelsea never asked him to take a pay cut . Bogarde also says the club wanted his full wages paid to go on loan .