Can We Stop the John Terry to Man City Rumours Now Please?

By: Daryl | July 7th, 2009

I know it’s the silly season, but Man City’s bid for John Terry is easily the silliest transfer attempt of the summer. City’s initial £30m offer for the Chelsea captain was firmly rejected by the club, and a little bit laughed at by football fans. Now they’re apparently preparing a £40m bid, which will also be rejected.

Whatever else you think about Terry, he’s Chelsea through and through. If he ever leaves it will be to go abroad or to drop down a level before retiring. I agree with Carlo Ancelotti that it’s basically “impossible” that the Chelsea captain is going anywhere.

From reading the above you might think I’m a Chelsea fan. I’m not. Or maybe you think I’m John Terry’s #1 fan. I’m not. I’m just someone who’s annoyed with the Man City board’s inability to recognize reality.

With no Champions League football to offer, Man City should stick to building a team with smart signings like Gareth Barry and Roque Santa Cruz. But it’s still too soon to be making realistic attempts to sign Kaka and Samuel Eto’o. And the time for signing a player like John Terry – a player who’s already very well paid to play for the club he loves, and has never even hinted at wanting to leave – will simply never come.

Maybe the problem is that the Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka deals went through too early this summer, and now clubs are making up crazy transfer stories to try and keep everyone interested in football during July. But at some point you’ve got to look a transfer rumour in the eye and say “No, stop wasting my time.” Which is exactly what Chelsea will say to Man City.

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i have proof right here that hes a man u fan
Scott

could be something in this

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CITY TIL I DIE

daryl, you obviously have no connections with anyone in football, JT will sign for City and when he does, give this website up and get a proper job mate
Finnegan

I don't think everyone here understands, and certainly City doesn't. John Terry bleeds Chelsea's blue. He's one of those legendary players who never leave their club because of their incredible level of commitment. Think Raul for Real Madrid. Think Paolo Maldini for AC Milan. John Terry will never, ever leave Chelsea. End of story.
Peter Kenyon

Internal Memo

MCFC have not spoken to the press on this issue we have,with the credit crunch and decline in the rouble we are coppering UP to raise cash and buy players.
The staff have been searching down all sofa's and chairs for coin and a bucket collection to boost transfer funds is planned at the first friendly.
Our best bet is to push Terry out for big buck's to thermo neucular rich City and make it look as though they are the bad guy's.
Our fans are that inbred and stupid they will believe anything.
We have signed Ancelotti as a part time manager and Comedian so will drag him out to sing and tell afew jokes if there is a media reaction SSN repeat everything I tell them to.
citeh#1

city will shatter the glass ceiling
The Truth

How can you even be arsed to write such nebulous rubbish! Since the new regime took over at City under 12 months ago they've mde about 4 or 5 statements and have never mentioned any players we are going to buy. Reading and listening to the press and media you would think the City owners were working through a list of the world's best players and offerng any amount imaginabl to get them. The fact is that they are perhaps the quietest and most unassuming owners in the Premier League. These guys are the Royal Family - they have more class than some nouveau riche brash owner. The guy who is on the verge of taking over at Pompey brokered the City takeover and made an outlandish statement rattling off a list of poential targets on the day Sheikh Mansour took over. This guy (Al-Fahim) was quickly vapourised from any dealings with City and has absolutely no association with Manchester City Football Club.

People appear to like the status quo remaining above the glass ceiling containing the 4 dominant clubs. It's great City are ruffling a few feathers nd increasingly getting under the skin of the so-called "Big Four."

What's also galling in your article is your apparent naivety. Economic forces decide almost everythng these days - everybody has a price.
Total Manchester City

Johhny stay away from the Zoo and you wont be raped by Monkeies,

John Terry is a pro footballer and if it makes him richer in the short time in the game so be it you would move from Mc Donalds to T.g.i Fridays if money was right ??

City have every right to bid as they see fit for the good of their Club why should the premiership be a 4 way leauge every year yet the clubs outside the top 4 seem to have no right to buy superstar names WHY??
Bill Lloyd

It's amazing that, with your insight, you have not been recruited to the board of Man City! Do you know what's going on behind the scenes? No! So why try to lampoon City like all the other so called journalists? There's more to this than meets the eye. Terry has not made any statement himself, as yet. Why not? Surely if he's 100% for Chelsea, he should have come out and said so.
wiggins

I love how the PL is the only league they can't write about around here without getting people down their throats in a matter of seconds...
Johnny

Terry COULD sign with Citeh...

then again, monkeys could fly out my butt.
steve perry

another so called journalist with nothing decent to write. City will bid for whoever they want to bid for and i for one applaud them. For too long now chelsea have treated other teams with the same contempt when chasing players so its about time a club came back at them so do yourself a favour and write something worth reading....
Thad

At first my response to this bid was entirely negative, as I wished City would focus on other targets. But there are a lot of whispers that either JT or people near him have expressed an openness to a move, that could provide a huge salary boost and a new challenge. 99% he stays at Chelsea but at this point he's going to have to come out and publicly commit for this story to go away.

As to Eto'o, I actually think that's a quite plausible target for City. He is on the outs with the manager and has one year left to run on his contract, so Barca have every reason to cash in now; and the player is said to be willing to move to City. The hangup at the moment appears to be between Eto'o and Barca as to whether the player gets a cut of the transfer fee.
Marlon

Winnie, I'm pretty sure Daryl is a Wolves supporter.
Alphie Izzet

You're annoyed with the Mancity Board for putting in a thoroughly sensible bid for an excellent player because they should know their place in the scheme of things. Are you really as pompous as that comment makes you sound Daryl?
winniethepooh

No Daryl, you are not a Chelsea fan, nor a Terry fan. You are just another miserable Man Jinaited fan, so scared that the true club of Manchester fianlly is going to whip your ass, that you almost cant sleep at night. Grew up kiddo.

Godd luck with the most injured player ever in PL. And bad buys like Valencia and the young french kid. Going down
Daz

Maybe City have a hidden agenda, method in their madness.
Grimesy

Until John Terry himself says he isn't going to City, the rumours will continue... and at the moment his silence is deafening!
Steve

Daryl,

City would have had some foundation to build upon to make this bid and if they are preparing an higher bid (as you say) then there will definately be a foundation. The fact that Chelsea have said he is going nowhere isn't the point.
There has been a deadly silence from Terry and until he says it himself, then there has to be a glimmer of doubt.
Kenny

NNNNNOOOOOOO !!!
You're can't.

GO GO GO
GO GO GO
GO GO GO
GOOOOODDD !!!
Rob

I'd take £40m for John Terry, club captain or not.