ESPNsoccernet · Jan 31, 2016
Terry to leave Chelsea on his terms
John Terry made his Chelsea debut in 1998 and has since played almost 700 times for the club.John Terry did not allow the club's spin doctors to massage the message of Chelsea's decision not to offer their club captain a new contract. He seized the agenda for himself on Sunday, in typical John Terry fashion.
"It's not going to be a fairytale ending, I'm not going to retire at Chelsea," Terry told reporters after Chelsea's 5-1 FA Cup win at MK Dons, explaining that attempts to get a new deal struck had fallen on the deaf ears of the club's negotiators, sporting director Michael Emenalo and director Marina Granovskaia.