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12/22/2024 11:43:10 pm

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John Terry Shrugs Chinese Super League Offer, Shifts Focus on Chelsea’s Title Bid Instead

John Terry Rejects Chinese Super League Offer.

(Photo : Getty Images) Chelsea's John Terry said he is not interested on joining the cash-rich Chinese Super League.

Chelsea's legendary Captain John Terry is in no mood to latch out to any lucrative offer from China in the upcoming January transfer market. The 36-year-old defender instead wants to focus on helping his Chelsea side to retain the premier league title, in what is likely to be his last premier league title of his career.

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"Whatever happens, in some capacity I will be at Chelsea, whether that's with my season ticket watching them," Terry said in a soccer program broadcasted on Sky Sports.

Terry also sought to quash out rumors that he is apparently nervous about his retirement plans. Chelsea's reluctance to extend his contract had set barrage of speculations in British media about the player's retirement plans.

"I'm not kind of eager that the end of my career is coming and thinking, "What's going to happen now? I'm very relaxed about it," he said.

Although Terry has been a peripheral figure under the new manager Antonio Conte, his announcement to stay at Stamford Bridge will certainly give huge boost to Chelsea's title bid. The blues are currently on top of the league table, seven points ahead of the second placed Manchester City.

With only six months remaining in his existing contract, Terry has been desperately pursued by Chinese giants such as Shanghai Shenhua and Guangzhou Evergrande. Few weeks back, several reports in British media suggested that  Shanghai Shenhua is all set to splash a lucrative one-year contract for Terry.

There were also reports that Chelsea's former manager Felipe Scolari, who currently manages Guangzhou Evergrande, is also interested in availing Terry's services.   

Meanwhile, if Terry does join the Chinese league, then he would be the latest Chelsea star to join the cash rich league following last week's sensation of Oscar by Shanghai SIPG.  

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