John Terry has finally signed a new contract with Chelsea to stay until 2012. After a season where we saw a series of unfortunate events, this season has been very pleasant so far – Roman making peace with Jose, getting very crucial reinforcements, changing the formation and now Terry committing for the next five years.
Lampard and Robben are yet to sign their contracts, but that’s for another day. Terry is obviously relieved that this is finally over. The news is that it is 135k pounds a week, all adding upto a 35 million pound worth contract over 5 years. With this he becomes the highest paid premiership player.
I’m really happy this has now been concluded. There has been a lot of speculation but these things take time and I never had doubts that I wanted to stay at Chelsea and that the club wanted me to stay. I hope the fans can see that we are all trying to build something special here, both for now and for the future, and I want to be a part of that. I have been at Chelsea all my career and have the privilege of being captain. Now it’s time to look forward to the new season which we are all very confident about.
This is another step in Terry’s ultimate dream of managing the Chelsea team one day. By 2012, he would have spent 14 years in Chelsea, which is an incredible number for someone who’s second name is not Maldini.
Peter Kenyon must see this contract as another conquest, although little expensive:
This is an important day for Chelsea. This was the right deal for us and for John. As a club we are committed to try and keep our players together on long term deals and this was a natural progression from last season when other players also committed themselves for the long term. As captain, John is clearly a key player for Chelsea and also a great symbol of the club so naturally we are pleased this has been agreed.
He’s right. John Terry is a symbol of the Chelsea club, the spirit, the perseverance and the determination.
No news on Robben. At least he has not holidaying in Spain or gone shopping in Madrid. He is still recovering from his knee pain. May be because Robben is slipping away from the clutches of Madrid, they’ve turned towards Ballack.
I don’t think we should dispose Ballack. He should be with us. Towards the end of the last season, he was improving every match and also Ballack should remain to keep Lampard in check.
In other news, Man Utd get their red nose into another legal battle of this season. It’s still unsure for the general public if Tevez is now playing for West Ham or Man Utd, and in any case, no one’s still sure if they have credit Tevez’ salary to Tom or Dick because Harry owns him. Under these circumstances, Heinze has ‘ganged’ up with the Liverpool solicitors to sue Man Utd or to get himself to Liverpool. Will anyone ever leave Man Utd on a good note?
Remember, I was talking about buying Chelsea goodies. I’ve found a place where I can buy signed football shirts, football autographs or for that matter any sporting autographs. A photograph signed by Joe Mourinho himself sells around 70 pounds. And the centenary Chelsea home jersey signed by each of the first team players (all in one shirt) goes for 395 pounds. If it’s going to be their ink signature, it’s worth it and it’s nice piece of memorabilia to have.
Okay, we face Rangers today. Kick-off at 3:00 pm UK time. Let’s see more of flat 4-4-2 as it seems to add a dimension to our game. I’d like to see Sheva play all 90 minutes and Pizarro to start. Mikel and Essien in the midfield and Malouda and Joe Cole as side midfielders. Lampard, SWP and Drogba to walk in after 60 minutes. Will this be our first 3-goal haul of the season?
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Lets hope so BC i really cant wait to see chelsea back to their glory goal scoring days. Blue4lyfe
I can’t wait to see Sheva play a full match, as well. He’s been much sharper, active, and creating chances. All he needs is to score. In fact, that’s how I’d describe all of our players (except for Terry, maybe). Speaking of Terry, it’s awesome to have one of the best five defenders in the world play for our side.
I mean, who’s been a better Central defender the last three years? Canavaro? Sergio Ramos? Puyol? I doubt it. It’s hard to say someone who’s played better, and so he deserves this contract and to be the highest paid prem player.
w dont have to see sheva only as a striker or second striker. he can be used as a winger too or like BC says even drogba can be a winger and sheva can be the striker. drogba may not have the pace but he has the skill to excel in the wings. in any case i want sheva to get as many playing minutes as possible.
send ballack to madrid, i say. he is better suited there than in chelsea. ballack will never fit into a high tempo league such as premier league. he needs time on the ball and he gets that in spain. bye bye ballack.
Ballack is not leaving under any circumsatances………..
he gave an interview after his second surgery in which he hinted at ending his career at stamford bridge………and he wanted himself to be called as one of the chelsea greats………………..
if you dint know man utd and real had already tried to secure his services when he was out of contract last year…….but he joined the blues……..
and anon pls dont worry about the tempo of the game…….he is a humble player who is not hesitant to work up on his game like an amatuer………….and he is not a coward to keep running away from chanllenges which he never even tried to do……………………the club even made it clear that ballack and sheva are here to stay and they are not inrested to sell them………………………..moreover the chelsea marketing wing is banking on ballack for their brand promotion………………
i guess the role maddeads have lost ground in the robben deal and…..just lookin for a diifernt phase…………………..
just look into the lines carefully……..
here i have quoted what schuster actually said……
“I look for Ballack’s type of player. It’s necessary to sign players of quality, otherwise it’s not worth the trouble.”
“We know that players often have big contracts with teams that will compete in the Champions League.and the problem there is that they are not likely to leave.”
“I like Ballack, but it doesn’t mean we’re going to get him.”
what do you comprehend…………….
its only that he’s looking for someone in the ballack mould…….
not ballack himself……………….
now the ballack chapter is closed…….
I would be very happy if Ballack leaves….he is a misfit for EPL…too slow, error prone,never fights back on loosing ball and concedes freekicks too easily in danger areas….I am also not impressed with his skills as a playmaker….replace him with Deco or KAKA(wish we could)…how can one ever think of Drogba as a winger…a winger must be able to run fast and that too for long distances…Drogba can’t run few meters without tripping,leave alone running fast…and then with his monstrous body he can’t manoeuvre much, a very important skill which every winger must have in abundance…have never seen him dribbling, dodging…..just can’t see him as a winger.
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Come on people .. what r u talking about .. ballack is the best midlfielders in the world he’s much better than lamp/gerrard … it’s true that he wasn’t the ballack of bayern but i’m confident that we will see the best of him this seASON..
Come on people .. what r u talking about .. ballack is the best midlfielder in the world he’s much better than lamp/gerrard … it’s true that he wasn’t the ballack of bayern but i’m confident that we will see the best of him this seASON..
i’ll kill this manish and joeblue.stop posting this shit.
Manish you’re right about Drogba, but are you kidding about Ballack? You must have never seen him in Germany and certainly haven’t learned not to judge players on one season. Trust me, Bayern wouldn’t have dominated for so long with him/struggled so much without him if he wasn’t amazing. And he is, trust me. Just you wait, we haven’t seen the end of Ballack. And he definitely can become a “Chelsea great.”
Lampard made 10% of his shots last year, Ballack made 8%, not a big difference. Ballack will be fantastic this year, but he is all but unheard of in the news on chelseafc.com. His picture in the new jersey is gone, in addition, If you read in “Reaction: Rangers 2, Chelsea 0″ they say this, “…Jose Mourinho was forced to juggle his team, still without the likes of Claude Makelele, Michael Essien, and Arjen Robben.” Notice their was no mention of Ballack. In another article the Spanish Press said that Chelsea has named their price and Real had no problems paying. I hope he stays, but things aren’t looking good.
I doubt Ballack is leaving anywhere, CFCusa… even though your evidences are intriguing, how many countless times have we heard Mourinho say about Sheva and Ballack, that they’re here to stay, that they’re not going anywhere, that no matter what teams pay we’re not selling?? I mean, I thought Ballack had a better season than Sheva last year, towards the end of the year, he was fantastic. Why sell Ballack and not Sheva, whom Milan were dying to get?
hope ballack and sheva really improve