Chelsea legend John Terry almost signed for Liverpool and wanted to join before Roman Abramovich took over the Blues and offered him a money-spinning new deal, Phil Thompson has revealed.
Terry was an auspicious 22-year-old talent coming through Chelsea's ranks in 2003 when the then Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier formulated a plan to pinch him from their rivals,
Chelsea at the time were in a difficult financial position and Terry's contract was due to expire at the end of the 2002-03 season.
Chelsea played Liverpool in the final game of that campaign and Thompson revealed that Terry had agreed to join them when Houllier approached him at the end of the match.