‘Mr Chelsea’ Terry commits next five years to Blues

CHELSEA captain John Terry has signed a new five-year contract which is reported to be worth £150,000 (€170,000) per week.

Chelsea hope the new deal will see Terry finish his career in west London.

A club statement read: “Chelsea are delighted to confirm that John Terry has signed a new five-year contract that keeps him at the club until the end of the 2013-14 season.

“This reaffirms both John’s and Chelsea’s long-stated desire for him to be at Stamford Bridge for the rest of his playing career.”

After prolonged rumours suggesting Terry was considering a move to Manchester City this summer, the centre-back eventually ended his silence by pledging his future to the club in July.

Terry was wanted by City boss Mark Hughes as a key part of the Manchester club’s recent revolution that has seen them spend in excess of £120m on the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz and Gareth Barry.

It was reported that City were willing to offer Terry £200,000 a week to sign for them.

City subsequently turned their attention to alternative defensive targets. They signed Kolo Toure from Arsenal for £14m on 29 July and Terry’s England colleague Joleon Lescott from Everton for £22m on 25 August.

So far this season, Terry has played every minute of Chelsea’s 100% start to the season, which has seen them win four straight matches to top the Premier League along with Tottenham.

Terry has been with Chelsea since the age of 14 and has won two Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and a Cup Winners Cup in the last 11 years, leading to his nickname of ‘Mr Chelsea’.

He also led Chelsea to the Champions League final against Manchester United in 2008, although his missed penalty in the shoot-out after the teams fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw in Moscow allowed United to lift the European Cup instead. Terry has made 276 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 17 goals and has been capped 54 times by England since his debut in 2003.