After Chelsea cruised to a 5-1 victory at second-tier M.K. Dons on Sunday to reach the fifth round of the F.A. Cup, the team’s captain, John Terry, said he would depart at the end of the season.
Chelsea, an organization that Terry has been a part of since he was 14, told him before last week’s Premier League win over Arsenal that it would not renew his contract, said Terry, a central defender considered the most successful captain in Chelsea’s history.
“It’s not going to be a fairy-tale ending,” Terry, 35, said. “I’m not going to retire at Chelsea.