Playing Chelsea wouldn’t have sat right with me, says John Terry

Former England captain John Terry has rejected more lucrative offers from Chelsea’s Premier League rivals to join Championship club Aston Villa on a one-year deal.

After spending 22 years at Stamford Bridge, where he won five Premier League titles and 10 other major honours, 36-year-old defender Terry became a free agent on Saturday and was unveiled as a Villa player yesterday.

Having been welcomed to the midlands by Villa’s owner Tony Xia on Twitter in the morning, Villa then announced Terry’s arrival on social media in an imaginary WhatsApp conversation between their chairman, boss Steve Bruce, Terry and a number of players.