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Chelsea have announced that captain John Terry will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old has won 14 major honours at Stamford Bridge after making his first-team debut in 1998, having risen through the youth ranks.<\/p>\n
Terry has been a bit-part player for the Blues this season, featuring in just five Premier League games for Antonio Conte’s league leaders.<\/p>\n
In a joint announcement with the club, former England captain Terry said he remains committed until his contract expires and insists he has no plans in place beyond that point.<\/p>\n
“I will decide on my future in due course, but for now I am committed to helping the team achieve success this season,” he said.<\/p>\n
‘After 22 years there is so much to say and so many people to thank at this great football club. From coaches, team-mates and staff to the fans who have given me so much support down the years, I can’t thank you enough.<\/p>\n
“There will be opportunities for me to speak further about this over the coming weeks.”<\/p>\n
Terry has lifted four Premier League titles during his time in west London as well as five FA Cups and a hat-trick of League Cups.<\/p>\n
He also won the Europa League under Rafael Benitez and lifted the Champions League trophy in 2012 despite being suspended for the final against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
In announcing his decision to leave, Terry suggested he will one day return to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
“The club and I have always had a fantastic relationship, which will continue beyond my playing days,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We had some really positive talks but with everything taken into careful consideration I have decided it’s the right time for me to leave.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always been conscious that I depart at the right time, in the right way, and I feel that the end of this season is the right time for the club and I.<\/p>\n
“I feel I still have plenty to offer on the pitch but understand that opportunities here at Chelsea will be limited for me.<\/p>\n
“I’m eager to carry on playing and so will be looking to continue with a new challenge. I will of course always be a Blue and am desperate to end my final season as a Chelsea player with more silverware.”<\/p>\n
Terry has not featured since a 2-0 FA Cup win over Wolves in February, with his last league appearance coming in November.<\/p>\n
Other than a loan spell at Nottingham Forest, Terry has never turned out for another side and has racked up over 700 appearances at Chelsea.<\/p>\n
He was named PFA Player of the Year in 2005 and collected 78 England caps before retiring from the international scene.<\/p>\n
Source: PA<\/p>\n
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Chelsea have announced that captain John Terry will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 36-year-old has won 14 major honours at Stamford Bridge after making his first-team debut in 1998, having risen through the youth ranks. Terry has been a bit-part player for the Blues this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[371,30,120,80,188],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-premier-league","tag-football-news","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today-sport","tag-sport","tag-sport-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\nChelsea have announced that captain John Terry will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\nThe 36-year-old has won 14 major honours at Stamford Bridge after making his first-team debut in 1998, having risen through the youth ranks.<\/p>\nTerry has been a bit-part player for the Blues this season, featuring in just five Premier League games for Antonio Conte’s league leaders.<\/p>\nIn a joint announcement with the club, former England captain Terry said he remains committed until his contract expires and insists he has no plans in place beyond that point.<\/p>\n“I will decide on my future in due course, but for now I am committed to helping the team achieve success this season,” he said.<\/p>\n‘After 22 years there is so much to say and so many people to thank at this great football club. From coaches, team-mates and staff to the fans who have given me so much support down the years, I can’t thank you enough.<\/p>\n“There will be opportunities for me to speak further about this over the coming weeks.”<\/p>\nTerry has lifted four Premier League titles during his time in west London as well as five FA Cups and a hat-trick of League Cups.<\/p>\nHe also won the Europa League under Rafael Benitez and lifted the Champions League trophy in 2012 despite being suspended for the final against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\nIn announcing his decision to leave, Terry suggested he will one day return to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n“The club and I have always had a fantastic relationship, which will continue beyond my playing days,” he added.<\/p>\n“We had some really positive talks but with everything taken into careful consideration I have decided it’s the right time for me to leave.<\/p>\n“I’ve always been conscious that I depart at the right time, in the right way, and I feel that the end of this season is the right time for the club and I.<\/p>\n“I feel I still have plenty to offer on the pitch but understand that opportunities here at Chelsea will be limited for me.<\/p>\n“I’m eager to carry on playing and so will be looking to continue with a new challenge. I will of course always be a Blue and am desperate to end my final season as a Chelsea player with more silverware.”<\/p>\nTerry has not featured since a 2-0 FA Cup win over Wolves in February, with his last league appearance coming in November.<\/p>\nOther than a loan spell at Nottingham Forest, Terry has never turned out for another side and has racked up over 700 appearances at Chelsea.<\/p>\nHe was named PFA Player of the Year in 2005 and collected 78 England caps before retiring from the international scene.<\/p>\nSource: PA<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\tPlease enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\nFrom Football.co.uk<\/a>\nSouth Africa Today Sport \u2013 Sport News Football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea have announced that captain John Terry will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. 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