Football giants

Chapter 1017 I'm going to China!
After just surviving the Christmas devil's schedule, the Premier League teams have begun to enter a busy recovery phase.

Teams with sufficient personnel reserves will generally arrange a substitute lineup to play in the FA Cup or even the League Cup in January, leaving more time for the main players to rest.

But that obviously doesn't include Chelsea.

After the Blues changed coaches, Hiddink temporarily put out the fire, and one of the important tasks was to save the team's decline.

Therefore, in formulating the team's season plan, the ambitious plans at the beginning of the season are now lost one by one, and the team's goals are constantly changing, from the original European qualification, to the League Cup, and now the FA Cup.

For Chelsea, there is no hope for the European war, and the League Cup has also been eliminated, leaving only the FA Cup.

Hiddink said in a meeting before that all the main players of the team will be there!
That is to say, after the team has worked so hard to finish the Christmas Devil's schedule, they still have to face the FA Cup against Scunthorpe, a League One team.

do you know?
This team's ranking in League One is even lower than that of Southampton's second team. This season, it was slaughtered by the Saints' second team, but Chelsea wants to use their full main lineup to fight a team that is far inferior to their second team. Isn't this a joke?
But in this case, everyone is in danger, who dares to say anything?

After a day of training sessions, in the locker room of the Cobham training base, the players all silently took a shower, changed their clothes, put on their shoes, and then left. Almost no one spoke.

Even if there is something to say, more is to use eye contact.

Ever since the insider incident forced away the midfielder Oscar, Chelsea's internal management has been very problematic.

Even now, seeing that although Oscar is not the main player in the Saints, but he is a strong substitute in the midfield and often performs well, everyone is happy for him.

How could this seemingly artistic Brazilian player be an insider?

Captain John Terry sat in front of his closet, watching his teammates busy, he didn't know what to say.

The former friend's wife incident did a great damage to his personal image, but it did not affect his status in the team.

Anyone who knows him knows that he just made a mistake that all men make.

The reason why he is silent is because he is also one of this group of people who are in danger.

There is only half a year left on his contract, but the club has never made a statement.

To continue or not to continue?

This is obviously a problem, but some people think it is not.

If Terry was five years younger, it would be in his interest to keep dragging on, and he'd be happy to do so.

But Terry is now 35 years old, and it will be very detrimental to him if he drags on.

He clearly sensed that the club was putting pressure on him.

Although he is not young anymore, Terry's state has remained quite good. He was still one of the outstanding central defenders in the Premier League last season.

More importantly, Terry is very aware of his level. He knows that he can continue to play. If he wants to continue to play at Chelsea, it is best to retire with this team.

But apparently someone didn't think so.

This made Terry feel helpless.

After changing his clothes and shoes, he just stood up and tidied his clothes in the mirror on the closet when he saw a coach walk into the locker room and shouted, "John!"

Terry turned his head away, because there was only one John in this locker room.

He saw a coach waving at him, and immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"Come out!"

Terry happened to be going out too, so he closed the closet. When he turned around, he saw his teammates all showing doubts, even a little bit of fear, and smiled slightly, "It's nothing, maybe I want to talk about the FA Cup prize money."

Some teammates in the locker room suddenly smiled, but these words were more like self-comforting.

With Chelsea's poor performance this season, the boss paid a large amount of liquidated damages after sacking Mourinho. In this case, are you still counting on bonuses?

Terry himself didn't believe it.

But when he walked out of the locker room, he saw the CEO Marina Granovskia standing in the distance. Suddenly, Terry felt anxious.

Because he knew that Granovskia represented Abramovich, and she would not come to Cobham without major events.

"Hello, Marina!" Terry walked over, squeezed out a smile, and shook hands with Granovskia.

"Hello, John!"

"Is something wrong?" Terry asked.

Granovskia nodded, "You shouldn't be interviewed by the media after the game. This should be handed over to the press officer for unified arrangement. You make it very difficult for us, especially what you said."

Terry is a smart guy and has dealt with management a lot, so he understood what Granovskia meant.

The problem isn't that he's privately giving media interviews, because that's nothing.

He was interviewed after the game, in the mixed interview area, so that would not have been a problem at all.

The problem is what he said.

Terry said that he hopes to stay at Chelsea, but the club has not given a new contract and has not started negotiations on a new contract for a long time, so he may leave Stamford Bridge this summer.

This has caused a lot of repercussions among Chelsea fans, because Terry is very important to Chelsea today.

But anyone who has watched the Chelsea game, it is not difficult to find that Terry's state is still very good, coupled with Chelsea's current shortage of major generals, all Blues fans believe that Terry should be retained.

But the management seems to be hesitant on the issue of contract renewal, which makes people feel very puzzling.

"Marina, although I am a Chelsea player, I think everyone should have the right to fully express their position, right?" Terry shook his head when he said this.

"Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with what I said. I'm just telling the truth."

"But you should know that this has brought trouble to the operation of the club. You have put pressure on us. We were already planning to renew your contract, but now..."

Before Granovskia finished speaking, Terry couldn't help but waved his hand, "Are you sure what you said is the truth?"

Granovskia was taken aback, thought for a while, and said slowly: "We are indeed studying whether to renew the contract with you."

"What's the result?" Terry waited for the other party's answer.

Granovskia shook his head, "We can't give you an answer for the time being. You know, we are contacting Guardiola. We hope that he can take over Chelsea in the new season. We need to confirm the head coach before negotiating with the head coach about your contract renewal. You must have confidence in the club."

As soon as Terry heard this, he felt happy, "Then what if you decide not to renew my contract then?"

Granovskia was suddenly at a loss for words.

At that time, Terry has only two choices. If he still wants to play football, he can choose a team to play for in a hurry. If he really can't, he can retire directly.

Of course, with Terry's influence in the team, if he takes the initiative to bow his head and give in, he should be able to ask for a contract extension, but the salary must be up to them.

"Marina, I have received news that you are contacting the American central defender Mizga, and you are still renewing the contract with Ivanovic. I wonder if these two deals have been approved and approved by the new coach?"

The tone of Terry's rhetorical question made Granovskia very uncomfortable, especially the strong irony in the words, which made Abramovich's cronies feel humiliated.

"John, the club has its own way of doing things. If you insist on thinking this way, there is nothing we can do about it."

Terry knew the answer. In fact, they might not even have considered whether to renew their contract at all. They just wanted to delay the time.

"OK, Marina, I understand what the club means, because you have no sincerity!" Terry's tone also increased.

"I came to Stamford Bridge when I was 14 years old. It has been 21 years now. I am able to get to where I am today, not because I compromised. I know, that will never be exchanged for respect."

Granovskia is also a little nervous. He knows that Terry is the banner of the team and the current pillar of the team's defense. However, his contract extension is indeed not in the club's plan.

If she handles it carelessly, she will be charged with driving away the club's achievements and will be scolded by all the Blues fans.

"Marina, to be frank, I don't expect you to respect me, but now I want to tell you solemnly that I hope to buy out my own contract, and I will leave during the winter break!"

"What?" Granovskia was taken aback, leaving during the winter break?
"How is this possible?"

Terry smiled coldly, "Why not?"

The captain of Chelsea glanced at the familiar Cobham around him again, and suddenly felt very strange and strange.

"I love Chelsea, but not your Chelsea!"

After speaking, Terry turned and left without looking back.

Granovskia was a little at a loss. She never thought that Terry would suddenly offer to buy out his contract.

According to the rules, he can do this, but...

If Terry leaves the team now, how will Chelsea's defense play?
Although the team has introduced Mizga, the American central defender has not been really tempered in the Premier League. In this case, who can replace Terry?Play the role of Terry in the team?
No, no, you must keep him!
Granovskia turned around and was about to shout when he heard a roar of cars. Terry had already sped away, leaving Granovskia standing there, smelling the smell of gasoline all over the floor.

At the door of the locker room, some Chelsea players who just came out of the locker room saw this scene and heard their conversation. They all knew that Terry was leaving and probably would never come back again.

A famous player who has played for the club for more than 20 years left just like this.

It's frustrating, it's disappointing.

Granovskia was completely flustered. She never expected that things would develop to this point. The club is already distracted enough, but what will happen if there is a commotion over Terry now?
Could it be that Chelsea really want to chill all the players?
But Terry, who was driving on the road, obviously ignored the thoughts of the others behind him. He had already made a decision, and he felt a burst of relief, and his mood, which had been suppressed for a long time, was completely cheerful.

While driving, I suddenly remembered, took out my cell phone, and made a call.

"Master Huan, it's me, John, I've decided to buy out my contract, and I'm going to China!"

Yang Huan on the other side of the phone looked very happy and kept laughing.

After finally hanging up on Master Huan, Terry called his agent again and told him his decision.

After thinking about it, I called my good friend, Martin Samuel, a well-known columnist in England.

After finishing these things, he really breathed a sigh of relief.

He is free!

(End of this chapter)