"If I am not in the team I will have to consider other options," The Dutch international was quoted as saying by the News of the World on Sunday.

"There are players here who get a lot of money for doing nothing but I don't want that to be me, I'm too young," added the 22-year-old winger.

Robben has been sidelined for a month through injury but he couldn't fight his way back to the starting line-up.

He had only 10 starts in double this number of games with reports saying that he doesn't enjoy a good relationship with manager Jose Mourinho.

Real Madrid are long-time admirers of Robben and may step up their efforts to land him in January.