Has John Terry got a bit big for his boots by questioning whether Chelsea’s ambition matches his own?
The defender and club captain said that was the reason for the delay in him nailing his colours to the Chelsea mast in the wake of Manchester City’s reported 200,000 pounds per week offer to take him away from Stamford Bridge.
Nothing to do with money. Nothing to do either with the fact that he has peaked as a player and with injuries niggling away at his joints, the England skipper is likely to find it more and more difficult to excel at the highest levels of the game.
Fans of the club will take some convincing that Terry still has his heart fully at the club despite his words to the contrary.
They might also argue that losing Mr Chelsea for an enormous fee to a club not even in the Champions League would have been a good piece of business and not the disaster some predicted.
Terry is still a world class defender but is certainly replaceable. He is no Cristiano Ronaldo after all. He will be one of the first names on Carlo Ancelotti’s team sheet as the new season kicks off but City are unlikely to have been totally put off the scent.
Terry said he hoped to have a good season and then sit down and talk to the club about a new deal….any loss of form, however, and club owner Roman Abramovich might just decide that Mr Chelsea is expendable after all.
PHOTO: Chelsea’s John Terry keeps his eyes on the ball as he falls on the pitch during the second half of their 2009 World Football Challenge soccer match against AC Milan in Baltimore, Maryland, July 24, 2009. Chelsea won 2-1. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
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- Posted by John Terry playing a dangerous game - Posted In English Premier League | Soccer News Info - Soccer News InfoTerrible article. Do you have a personal agenda against John Terry? If he had gone to Man City it could have only possibly for the money, this would have been absolutely monumentaly catastrophic for the premiership and all fans of it. That someone so intrinsically linked with one club could walk off and leave all that baehind just for a paypacket. So, the fact that he has shunned a massiivelty increased (doubled) wage is cause to question his motives is it? He has made the right choice for him, for the premiership and for football yet your article is nothing but negative.
Shoddy shoddy journalism.
- Posted by KGi would be very surprise if the fans forgive and forget terry for going ons in the last few weeks. glad that hes staying though.
- Posted by wllmhllI Totally agree with KG…
@ The Author of the article:
What a negative aspect on the whole Terry saga…
“He is no cristiano Ronoldo after all”
I dont think you know what you’re talking about, did you know 3 years back Terry was considered to be possibly the best central defender in the world.
The fact that he did turn down such an amazing contract offer from City SHOWS his commitment to Chelsea.
***REGARDLESS OF JOHN TERRY’S PEFORMANCE THIS COMING SEASON, CHELSEA FANS ARE FULLY BEHIND OUR CAPTAIN!***
- Posted by Chelsea Fan