What took place in the 12 mins meeting between Terry & Fabio

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Source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=737012&sec=england&cc=4716Soccernet understands that John Terry has been dropped as England capta...

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JOHN TERRY FACTFILE

1980 - December 7: Born in London.

1998 - October 28: Makes Chelsea debut against Aston Villa.

2000 - Has a two-month loan spell at Nottingham Forest.

2001 - September - Terry is one of four players fined two weeks' wages by Chelsea after their behaviour at a Heathrow hotel is criticised on the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

2002 - Terry and Chelsea team-mate Jody Morris are cleared after being charged with assault and affray in connection with a nightclub incident. Terry, uncapped at the time, is ruled out of the World Cup after the Football Association decide he should not be considered for international duty with England until the legal case is completed. Chelsea fine both Terry and Morris for being out late less than 48 hours before an FA Cup third-round tie at Norwich.

2002 - May 4: Part of Chelsea side who lose FA Cup final to Arsenal.

2003 - June 3: Makes England debut against Serbia and Montenegro, coming on as a half-time substitute.

2004 - June 24: Penalised for foul on Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo, denying Sol Campbell a winner in the European Championship quarter-final.

August 15: Appointed Chelsea captain, succeeding Marcel Desailly.

2005 - April: Chelsea win Premiership.

2006 - April: Plays in the final game of title-winning season - a 3-0 win over rivals Manchester United.

August 10 - Chosen as new England captain by head coach Steve McClaren to replace David Beckham.

August 16 - England beat Greece 4-0 in a friendly in Terry's first game as captain, with the defender scoring the first goal of the new era.

October 11 - Suffers his first defeat as England skipper, 2-0 in Croatia in a Euro 2008 qualifier.

November 30 - Charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for comments about referee Graham Poll. Later admits the charge and is reprimanded and fined £10,000.

2007 - February 25: Knocked unconscious during the Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal when Abou Diaby's foot accidentally connects with his head.

June 1 - Scores his first senior England goal at the new Wembley in 1-1 draw with Brazil.

July 27 - Signs a new five-year deal with Chelsea.

September 29 - Suffers broken cheekbone in a match against Fulham.

October 19 - Undergoes surgery on a knee injury which rules him out of England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia, Russia and Croatia.

December 16 - Breaks a foot in a challenge with Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue, and misses two months of action, including England's first match under new manager Fabio Capello.

2008 - March 25: Loses out as Rio Ferdinand is named England captain for friendly against France.

May 21 - Misses penalty in shoot-out against Manchester United which would have won Chelsea the Champions League. Manchester United win the shoot-out and Terry admits he will be "haunted forever" by the miss.

May 27 - Named England captain for England's friendly against the USA.

August 19 - Named as permanent captain of England by coach Fabio Capello ahead of friendly against Czech Republic at Wembley.

August 28 - Named UEFA's defender of the year.

November 19 - Scores fifth England goal against Germany in a friendly.

2009 - February 15: Chelsea and Terry dismiss media reports of a move to Manchester City, with the player saying: "I have always said that I want to end my career at the club which I love."

2009 - April 1: Scores in the 2-1 World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

May - Former Blues midfielder Claude Makelele claims in a book that Terry played a part in Jose Mourinho's exit from Chelsea. Terry refutes Makelele's suggestions.

July - Manchester City make renewed contact over Terry, seeing at least two bids for the player turned down.

July 26 - Terry releases a statement confirming neither he nor Chelsea considered Manchester City's offers and insisting he is "totally committed" to the club.

December 20 - Chelsea defend Terry after allegations he took secret cash payments to lay on a behind-the- scenes tour of the club's training ground.

2010 - January 29: Terry named as the sportsman behind a gagging injunction involving his private life. A court order had previously been in place, covering an alleged relationship between married Terry and French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel.

January 30: Terry scores the winning goal in Chelsea's 2-1 win at Burnley but does not smile as he is congratulated by team-mates. Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti confirms that Terry will remain captain of the club.

January 31: Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe says that if the allegations against Terry are proven they call into question his role as England captain.

February 1: The FA says England manager Fabio Capello alone will decide whether Terry remains as England captain.

February 3: Terry's spokesman Phil Hall says Terry will make no announcement regarding his future as England captain before meeting Capello.

February 5: Terry is axed as England captain following a meeting with Capello.

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Chelsea skipper John Terry faces projected losses of £20 million after being stood down as England captain.

The Sun says the Chelsea defender, 29, was stripped of the armband - and replaced by Rio Ferdinand - after a 12-minute meeting with boss Fabio Capello at Wembley yesterday.

Sponsorship experts believe the fall-out from Terry's affair with England team-mate Wayne Bridge's ex-partner Vanessa Perroncel will cost him several lucrative contracts.

His only current individual contract is a £4m boot deal with Umbro after his contract with King of Shaves ended in 2008.

Success by England at this summer's World Cup - and the prospect of him holding the trophy aloft - would have catapulted Terry into a different market.

Now he has no chance of emulating David Beckham, a magnet to blue-chip sponsors like Vodafone, Gillette and Pepsi, who offered contracts valued at between £3m and £5m each.

Terry, worth an estimated £17m with club earnings of £150,000 a week, will also now miss out on the £250,000 captain's bonus from the team's sponsorship cash share-out.

Then there would have been the inevitable book after South Africa - with a bigger advance for any England skipper - and spin-offs with clothing brands.

Dr Sue Bridgewater, a lecturer in sports marketing at Warwick Business School, said: "As Tiger Woods found out to his cost, earnings can be substantially hit.

"Companies had not made much use of Terry in marketing terms even before all this but the potential was there given the prospect of the World Cup this summer.

"Previous England captains have all earned significant sums and the most successful, of course, was David Beckham.

"He is seen to have a positive image outside the sport, especially in the Far East where they see him as a strong family man."

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John Terry (left) and England manager Fabio Capello

Crying game: But John Terry (left) could not move England manager Fabio Capello

Such is the aura that surrounds Fabio Capello among England's players that no one will question his uncompromising decision to axe John Terry as captain in a 12 minute meeting.

Not even Terry being reduced to tears as he begged to keep his job could move the Italian, who will never again consider him as leadership material, despite the player's bizarre hopes yesterday. As far as Capello's camp is concerned, Terry has had his chance, barring a quite extraordinary spate of injuries.

The extraordinary sight of 29-year old Terry dialling the number of Vanessa Perroncel in front of Capello and suggesting that he should speak to her then and there, so she could reassure him that she would not be speaking publicly about their affair, would merely have confirmed to the manager that he had come to the right decision.

'He got out his mobile phone and started to dial her number, saying that Fabio could speak to her himself,' said an FA source. 'But the manager's mind was made up and he waved him away, saying he did not want to do that.

'John said Wayne knew about what happened quite a while ago and that they were both OK about it, that it had all been sorted out. John said it was just the media that had blown it all up.

'But Fabio was in a no-nonsense mood and said he'd made his mind up. He was worried about the damage to the team. John became increasingly frustrated and angry towards the end. He was tearful and continued to argue his case. In the end, Fabio walked out and left him there.'

Terry was in a withdrawn mood yesterday, practising with his teammates at Chelsea's Cobham training ground and said to be distraught at the turn of events. He may rule the roost at Chelsea, where he once boasted he had direct access to owner Roman Abramovich, but he misunderstood the chain of command with England, where Capello will allow no special relationships with players and is underwhelmed by their celebrity status.

Understanding: John Terry and Wayne Bridge's ex-partner Vanessa Perroncel

Terry misjudged the situation and the brevity of their meeting offers the clearest clue as to the amount of sympathy Capello feels for his former captain's predicament.

The Chelsea skipper was sufficiently composed by Friday evening to contact his successor, Rio Ferdinand, congratulate him and offer full support. But significantly, Capello himself saw no need to do the same. The Manchester United defender, ironically serving a four-game ban after striking Hull striker Craig Fagan in the face and is in dispute with the FA over the length of his suspension, was yesterday confined to watching his team from the stands, sitting between Ryan Giggs and John O'Shea.

Ferdinand may be Capello's new leader - with Sir Alex Ferguson's blessing - but the Italian deals with awarding the honour in a workman like rather than ceremonial manner. Indeed, the last time he appointed Ferdinand as captain, before a friendly against France in March 2008, he did so in the most perfunctory manner.

Following a communal meal, Capello announced the team, adding at its conclusion, 'Captain: Ferdinand,' before leaving the room to allow his players to digest the news.

It has taken an Italian to restore much-needed leadership to the post of England manager, exercising a confident and unapologetic authority over his charges which seemed to have disappeared out of fashion in an era in which player-power has grown exponentially. He genuinely treats all players the same, or rather he treats all players as subjects under his rule, and even Bridge, for whom there is enormous sympathy in the England camp after the revelation that Terry conducted an extra-marital affair with his former long-term girlfriend, will be no exception.

Two's company: Wayne Bridge takes on Hull pair Paul McShane (6) and Steven Mouyokolo

Having arranged for the two players to speak and having pronounced on the subject itself, Capello expects the subject to be closed, however difficult that may be for Bridge. The pair will be expected to share a dressing room at the World Cup, and possibly in three weeks' time when England take on Egypt at Wembley.

Capello will revert to his normal football criterion, making no special arrangements.

Bridge, who played in Manchester City's 2-1 defeat at Hull yesterday after two months out with a knee injury, will be selected on form, as will Terry As a source close to the players said: 'They don't need to have to go out to dinner together or be friends in order to have a working relationship. But it looks as though they have reached the point whereby they are able to think about what is best for themselves and for the England team. It is a big dressing room and they don't have to have a peg right next to each other. But will they be able to play together at the World Cup? Yes.'

Bridge had resolved not to play again with Terry but has been advised to bide his time. Having seen Terry stripped of the captaincy he is likely to accept Capello's expected invitation to join the squad.

Capello will want assurances that the scandal will not cause any damaging confrontations, with both players to be warned that if it were to spill over into clashes on the training ground, it would result in their expulsion from the squad.

There can be no doubting Capello would follow through on his threat. He has squashed bigger names than Terry. Ruud Gullit was a former European Footballer of the Year when Capello took charge at AC Milan and he had no compunction in regularly dropping him, even once instructing his assistants to haul Gullit off the team coach when the player mistakenly thought he was in the squad.

'Sometimes you have confrontations [with Capello] but I respected him as a coach,' said Gullit. 'Sometimes I didn't agree with decisions he made, but I accepted them.'

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