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Chelsea skipper Terry off to China?

(CRI Online)    09:52, December 03, 2016

  File photo of John Terry. [Photo: Xinhua]

Former Chelsea midfielder and Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet has been appointed manager of Chinese Super League team Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, immediately sparking rumours that he will seek to sign his former team-mate, and current Chelsea club skipper, John Terry.

On Tuesday, the Argentinian was confirmed as boss of the club for which former Chelsea players Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba have both played. And he will be looking to strengthen a squad that finished fourth in the recently completed season.

35-year-old Terry is currently servicing a one year extension to his contract, which came after he reportedly accepted a considerable reduction in his salary.

If he does decide to see out his career in China, then he can expect a significant boost to his earnings, like many other top players and managers.

Poyet joins a list of managers well known in the UK, now plying their trade in the CSL: former Italy boss Marcelo Lippi, former England boss, Sven Goran Eriksson and former Brazil and Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari.

Terry will have to wait until January before he can speak to overseas clubs, and there is reported interest from Turkey and the US, but the lure of a big pay-day in China may be irresistible.

 

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