Chelsea reject second City bid for captain Terry

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea and England captain John Terry has signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2014. The contract is worth 150,000-pounds-a-week, making him the best-paid player at the club and elevating him into the elite earners in world football, reports The Telegraph.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - England and Chelsea FC skipper John Terry has claimed that the offer made to him by Manchester City was not tempting enough for him to quit Chelsea. There was around 300,000-pounds-a-week on the table for Terry to go to Eastlands during a summer, but, unlike the Blues, City was not in the Champions League.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea and England captain John Terry has said that the credit for him staying on with the Blues should go to club owner Roman Abramovich. According to JT, he was absolutely ready to join Manchester City for 250,000 pounds a week, but when it came down to the wire, his love of Chelsea - and a burning ambition to achieve more success with the club - was brought home in a chat with Abramovich.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - England captain John Terry has finally ended his Manchester City hopes and confirmed that he would stay at Chelsea. In a statement Sunday, Terry claimed that he was never planning to leave Chelsea and will push the south London club to sign new players this summer.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - An angry England and Chelsea captain John Terry is refusing to commit his future to the club because of the harassment that he has been subjected to during the team's tour of the United States. According to The Mirror, Terry has reportedly told friends and club mates that the Chelsea management is putting too much pressure on him to break his silence and scotch talk of a move to Manchester City.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea's new boss Carlo Ancelotti has won his first major battle as head of the club by keeping skipper John Terry. Terry is poised to sign a new 150,000 pounds-a-week Chelsea deal, which moves him alongside Frank Lampard as top earner.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - England captain John Terry has agreed in principle to stay at Chelsea and has dumped all his plans to join Manchester City. The Daily Telegraph reported that Chelsea are expecting Terry to make a public statement about his intentions in the next few days.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea vice-captain Frank Lampard says he is not sure club and England skipper John Terry will stay on at Stamford Bridge.his startling admission is the most revealing indication yet that Terry could join Manchester City. "I don't know what he will do.

July 18th, 2009 Chelsea manager sounds confident Terry stayingSEATTLE — New Chelsea FC manager Carlo Ancelotti doesn't believe he needs to be looking for a new captain. No matter what Manchester City offers, Ancelotti doesn't see defender John Terry going anywhere.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon made it loud and clear to Manchester City that John Terry is not for sale and the England captain will fly to Seattle to join the London club's pre-season tour. At the club's announcement of its sponsorship renewal deal with Samsung, where Terry was also present, Kenyon said reiterating that the Londoners would not countenance selling their talismanic captain.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has urged star player John Terry to turn leave Chelsea and lead his club's revolution. "We would like to think we could offer John Terry a different challenge," The Sun quoted Hughes, as saying.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea FC captain John Terry held two hours of crisis talks with club owner Roman Abramovich on Saturday and demanded that he be given a chance to speak to Manchester City, who have shown an interest in him. According to News of The World, Terry stopped short of handing in an official transfer request, but is determined to speak with City officials over the proposed move.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - England and Chelsea captain John Terry is demanding showdown talks with club owner Roman Abramovich over his future. According to The Sun, Terry is furious nobody at the club has spoken to him since Manchester City tabled a 30-million-pound bid last week.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has described club and England captain John Terry as the team's most valuable player and talisman, but astonished everyone by jokingly saying that he may not be skipper in 2010. Terry has been captain Chelsea since May 2005 and England captain since August 2006, "I think that John Terry is a symbol of this team but I don't know if he will be the captain next season." "Naturally, I joke," he laughed.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Carlo Ancelotti began his reign as Chelsea manager Monday and immediately stamped his authority by saying that his captain John Terry is not for sale. The Italian, who has signed a three-year deal with the London club after eight years with AC Milan, said Terry was an integral part of a team he hoped would be immediately competing for silverware at home and abroad.