Chelsea FC has offered John Terry a new contract expected to last till 2017.
It was announced in Guus Hiddink’s press conference this afternoon (Friday) that John Terry has been offered a one-year contract extension.
His is coming days after Chinese club side offered him a mouth-watering contract.
A club spokesman said:
‘Marina Granovskaia and Bruce Buck met with John and his agent this week and offered him a one-year contract extension.
‘Obviously coming so late in the season this is a big decision for John and his family, and it is something that they are now considering.’
The captain is now considering whether to accept the deal or not.
It was widely thought that Terry had played his last game for the club after a red card against Sunderland last weekend had ruled him out of the final two games of the season.
The Chelsea skipper revealed back in January that the club had refused to offer him a new contract and that he fully expected to be leaving Stamford Bridge.
However, in a shock announcement, Chelsea say Terry has now been offered a one-year stay.
In the meantime, Chelsea has one more task to wrap up their 2016 campaign against Premier league champions, Leicester City.
PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: CHELSEA V LEICESTER CITY
Nine months of Premier League action come to an end this Sunday.
Chelsea require two more goals to reach a total of 5,000 in the top flight.
The home supporters on Sunday will warmly welcome Claudio Ranieri boys, including Chelsea old boys Andy King, Mark Schwarzer, and Robert Huth (who unfortunately is suspended).
King joined Chelsea in 1998 as a nine-year-old and was released in 2004.
Five of his Under-12s team-mates back then are still playing league football:
Jack Cork at Swansea, Liam Bridcutt at Leeds (on loan from Sunderland), Sam Hutchinson at Sheffield Wednesday, Shaun Cummings at Millwall, and Chris Hussey at Bury.
By coincidence, Chelsea’s two most recent losses against Leicester City came about with Ranieri sitting in one of the dugouts.
In February 2001 he was managing the Blues to defeat, and in December at the King Power he led Leicester to a 2-1 win.
The 64-year-old is the first manager in Chelsea history to leave the club and go on to win the league in this country.
His time at Stamford Bridge began awkwardly, as the replacement for the popular Gianluca Vialli, then one of the most successful coaches in the Blues’ history.
Ranieri was regularly subjected to chants of the former incumbent’s surname from the stands for months on end.
Ranieri had steered Chelsea to secure vital Champions League qualification in 2002/03, paving the way for Roman Abramovich’s arrival.
The club then bought well and Chelsea finished runners-up in the Premier League and made the Champions League last four in 2003/04.
His highest and lowest points came within weeks of each other:
– the tearful victory at Highbury that made Chelsea London’s first Champions League semi-finalists; and,
– the chaotic defeat to 10-man Monaco in the next round.
For what it’s worth, should Chelsea survive the opening exchanges on Sunday they will be the only team to have gone the whole season without conceding in the first 15 minutes of a Premier League match.
Only three points this weekend, though, will guarantee Chelsea ninth position, unless Stoke fail to win.
Supporters may scoff at the difference between there and 10th, but it is worth around £1.2m more in merit-place prize money to the club.