John Terry must demand a move from Chelsea if he is to join Manchester City.
The Mail on Sunday says City will make one last effort
to prise England captain John Terry from Chelsea with a £35million bid and wages of
£200,000 per week.
But Terry will be told by new Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti
that he must put in a formal transfer request if he wants to leave
Stamford Bridge.
City are refusing to be put off by Chelsea's insistence that
Terry is not for sale and believe a transfer fee of £35m, plus an
astronomical wage offer - albeit lower than the reported
£300,000-per-week - could be enough to seal the summer's most
sensational transfer.
Ancelotti, who will be officially unveiled as manager tomorrow,
will put the ball firmly in Terry's court. The England captain, who
currently earns about £140,000 a week in his current deal which
runs until 2012, has yet to reaffirm his commitment to Chelsea.
The Terry camp appear to be encouraging the view he could leave
Stamford Bridge for the new team of stars being assembled by City
boss Mark Hughes and their billionaire owners from Abu Dhabi, who
are preparing a quickfire £200m spree on transfer fees and wages
unprecedented in English football.
