John Terry future will be sorted within the week - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti
Published 07:46 21/07/09 By By John Cross
Carlo Ancelotti last night promised John Terry's future will be resolved within the next seven days.
Ancelotti is convinced that England captain Terry will stay at Stamford Bridge even though Manchester City are set to launch a new £35m bid and are confident of getting their man.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has flown in to join up with the club's pre-season tour of the US and hopes to persuade Terry to stay.
Ancelotti said: "For John it is not a distraction this question because he is very concentrated and focused.
"I think that in one week nobody will have a problem about John Terry. John wants to stay in Chelsea and Chelsea want john terry to be captain for more years.
"It is normal other teams want him because he is a great player and all teams want to buy a great player.
"These are normal questions but he stays in the same team because he is a captain for Chelsea, it is impossible to sell John Terry.
"There is no problem with Manchester City. If Manchester City want to improve and buy the best players.
"Paolo Maldini never thinks to go away from Milan, and I think John Terry also thinks this.
"Loyalty is very important because Terry like Ashley Cole, Lampard, Drogba is a very important player.
"Not only as players but as men, they are great men and they present an example for other players. This is very important for the club."
German midfielder Michael Ballack misses tonight's friendly with Inter Milan and ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho who faces his former club for the first time.
Ballack has a toe injury and the rest of his tour is in doubt. The game kicks off at 8pm Los Angeles time which is 4am Wednesday morning UK time.
Could you write about your football team? Mirror.co.uk is looking for football fans to blog about their club next season. Email
dan.silver@mirror.co.uk
and explain why you want to be the voice of your club on Mirror.co.uk
Get player videos and transfer news round-ups on the
Football Spy blog
.
FREE £25 BET WITH BETFAIR
Follow MirrorFootball on Twitter for breaking news, the latest opinions and fun stuff throughout the day
Win a Husky Liverpool Personal Beer Refrigerator
Play a new game of fantasy football every week and win cash every week with Mirror Football Fantasy Stakes
Post to :
