I am glad to say that John Terry is staying, which i'm sure many of you know. However I drafted this article and was on the verge of publishing when i heard John Terry has released the statement that he wants to stay and it has never been a question for him. I know what this article says won't be of any importance now, but please read it and comment with your thoughts and arguements. My view will not register well with you, but please consider it. Here it is:
Now I have read alot about this subject. I do love JT, and do think he is a rock for Chelsea and a leader for England, but honestly do you all think it will be doomsday if John Terry leaves Chelsea? People say one man does NOT make a team. Teams do have great Captains, that come and go, for example Patrick Vieira the Arsenal rock, whom was loved and was an inspiration for the gunners. Arsenal survived, they have transformed their squad with their Youth development and will soon be a force to be reckoned with. Manchester Utd had Roy Keane, a superb footballer who fell out with Sir Alex. How did Manchester Utd do after? Well they went on to win 3 premier league titles in 4 seasons, and a Carling Cup and Champions League Trophy, not that bad ey?
I find it truly unbelievable that Terry, a so called through and through chelsea boy, who came up through the Chelsea ranks from the age of 14, cannot release a statement abolishing these rumours, by confirming his desire to stay. This clearly shows he is considering Manchester City's offer. He is considering leaving Chelsea, and taking 200/300 grand a week. I hope all you Chelsea fans know that. He is considering the option of more money. I cannot see why he would ever think of joining Manchester City since he is seen at Chelsea as the symbol of the club, and will not get that image ANYWHERE else. He will only be the Captain at City not the Symbol. At Chelsea, he is bigger than the manager. When Jose was the manager, who was the symbol? Who had the charisma? Who had more love from the fans... not John Terry. After their dispute, it showed how Abramovich viewed John Terry as more valuable compared to Jose Mourinho, leading to Jose's very sad departure. I ask all of you to reply in the comments section, who do you love more John Terry or Jose Mourinho?
I know that Terry is viewed by many as Mr Chelsea, and the Symbol of Chelsea, but is that a good thing or a weakness of Chelsea? Look at other clubs Manchester United, Alex Ferguson is the symbol, not Rio Ferdinand nor Wayne Rooney. Arsenal, who is the symbol? Not Fabregas but Arsene Wenger. At Liverpool it is the same case at Chelsea with Gerrard. I heard on the radio a poll took place for Chelsea fans, in which 47% of them thought Chelsea should cash in the 40/50 million for Terry a 28 year old, with back problems and dips in form. I know that is not a majority, but its a high figure! Do you think Ancelotti won't have a plan if Terry leaves. That 40 million will be spent. On who? Who knows? Mexes from Roma? Ramos from Madrid? Nesta from Milan? All I can say is that this saga has not finished and will not until Terry comes out and says something.
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ReplyDeleteGood piece Danancelotti it sucks that people have ditched this blog already. I have an interest in marketing and after going to the states and watching the pre-season matches I'm convinced this was a marketing ploy. You are right JT or Mr. Chelsea doesn't make a team and the team isn’t built around him. Had he left for city I'm pretty sure we could have moved on but we the fans love him because of his commitment. I mean how many players out there do you see throwing themselves at a tackle to block it or take a nasty hit and swallowing their tongue going for a header? How many players have you seen playing injured when a season and a trophy is wrapped up? The only name that comes up is JT. Is it wrong that we love him and don't want to share him with another team after all we’ve been through? I don't think so. He's a player whose image has become Chelsea hence why the team and some fans wouldn't want him to go. So for him to wait until the end of the US preseason to put out a statement sounded to me like the team wanted to increase more coverage with the press and eat all the media attention we were getting. I’ll bet more people now know more about Chelsea because of this. I was in Baltimore and everyone was chanting JT from my corner had the Mancity not made their advance he would on the same level as Lampard instead of being the talk of the town and AC Milan would have shared some limelight. Did I think he was going? NO! I feel he really wants to make amends for missing that PK in Moscow 2 years ago. As for who is more valuable? I say JT. I loved Jose but I feel like had he been here we would have maybe won 1 more prem league. Before he left other managers and teams had figured how to play Chelsea so his style would have gotten old. JT is a defender and as much as he’s getting old and defenders don’t generally get the “He is the team” tag I believe they set the tone of the how hard or confident the team plays. The last 3 years for Newcastle proves my point.
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