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Transfers - Your view: Is Terry worth £250k a week?

Eurosport - Fri, 24 Jul 09:53:00 2009

John Terry is set to pick up a cool £1 million a month if he joins Manchester City, according to reports.

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The Daily Mail claims that City are preparing a final bid for the England captain which will offer Chelsea £50m and Terry £250,000 a week, an offer which City hope both the west London club and their skipper find too tempting to refuse.

Even if Terry decides to stay at the club where he has won two Premier League titles, he is set to earn a new contract worth £170,000 a week, restoring his status as the highest-paid player at the club.

Do you think Terry is worth £1m a month? If City are prepared to pay that for a defender, then what precedent does that set next time they go out to buy a top class forward? Is any footballer worth such a huge salary?

Have your say here!

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  1. Terry is not worth money but his presence at chelsea is­ more than those money from Man city,

    From Isaac M, on Sat 25 Jul 11:21AM

  2. there's still a number of loyal players out there!­ and john terry is definitely one of them! besides, why­ would john terry give up being chelsea captain to play­ for city!? and if he did go to city, he probably­ wouldnt be england captain anymore! the only players­ that leave for city are those who are unhappy! and­ terry is far from that!

    From Lucassdf, on Sat 25 Jul 9:34AM

  3. its only the news papers that are keeping this going on­ and on JT will stop at chelsea no body is worth that­ sort of money its obsene that firemen, nurses, soldiers­ and a hole lot more people get paid anything from­ 15,000 to 30,000 pounds a YEAR for saving lives,­ risking there lives when these footballers get all this­ money for PLAYING a sport that whilst entertaining is­ just that ENTERTAINMENT

    From CHELSEA FOREVER, on Sat 25 Jul 9:19AM

  4. JT the most honest player in the world ! fact ,he­ loves chelsea

    From handyandyisalways, on Sat 25 Jul 12:10AM

  5. dont need to worry about jt getting £250 grand a week­ coz he wont leave and who in there right mind would­ swap chelsea for man city not one chelsea player so­ city you keep dreaming. you may have loads of money but­ money cant buy love and jt loves chelsea and the fans

    From markcoulson87, on Fri 24 Jul 11:21PM

  6. im a big fan of terry as just about EVERY chelsea fan­ shud be, but no player is worth 1mill a month. ino we­ probs cant go on about money, as chelsea did use a bit­ of money in the past yrs...but l8ly weve been biulding­ a good club over many yrs. city are trying to make a­ world class team in ONE transfer window. as much as i­ wod LOVE to earn 250k a week, no1 is worth that surely.­ city's owners have more money than sence it seems.­ STAY AT CHELSEA JT!!

    From matthewstirk, on Fri 24 Jul 9:26PM

  7. you're right geoff, no footballer is worth £1m a­ week... thats why they're offered him a quarter or­ that...

    when terry if fully fit, there's no doubt­ that he's one of the top 3 defenders in world­ football, so on that basis, sure he deserves to be one­ of the highest paid players on the planet

    however i­ think that money has got too silly within football­ lately, and maybe they should start capping wages to­ £6m per year (£125k per week) as most big clubs can­ afford that kind of salary for a world class player,­ and it would bring back a bit more loyalty into the­ footballing world

    putting myself in his shoes, i­ wouldn't go to city unless they bought another­ couple of top-draw defenders and a rock-solid central­ midfielder, and as they're only targeting attacking­ options (with exception to terry himself) they will­ fail to get any higher than 5th this year

    From Ron B, on Fri 24 Jul 7:27PM

  8. No footballer is worth £1m per week full stop!

    From geoff.farndell, on Fri 24 Jul 7:15PM

  9. 215, Tell me wat good thing J.T has done 4 england and­ chelsea den

    From rhys_headley, on Fri 24 Jul 5:51PM

  10. 214!!!! Shut ur trap!!!! coz terry is rubbish and­ joleon lesscott is even better than terry

    From rhys_headley, on Fri 24 Jul 5:50PM

  11. john terry would not be where he is as a footballer if­ it wasn't for chelsea,and don't you think he­ earns enough

    From keith.dilloway58, on Fri 24 Jul 3:18PM

  12. 207!!!! oh yea hes got no talent.... yet hes­ England's and Chelsea's captain?? yeah he must­ have no talent at all ........

    From matt.young, on Fri 24 Jul 12:03PM

  13. 206 what a load of mispelt @#$%! who is your best­ defender ?? i bet you havent got a clue

    From lemontreesid, on Fri 24 Jul 11:41AM

  14. John Terry is a great defender.. will go as far as to­ say he is def one of the best in the world... now..­ £250,000 a week... for any player?... no way not that­ much money.

    From Sean V, on Fri 24 Jul 10:38AM

  15. Iy's an insult to the paying public on £18000.00 a­ year. It's time we stopped supporting football­ completely until they get their priorities right.

    From alfzamm, on Fri 24 Jul 10:25AM

  16. no one on this earth is worth that much

    From arthur1937, on Fri 24 Jul 10:24AM

  17. I agree with comment 188 wholeheartedly. Its a­ ridiculous amount of money to pay to someone to play­ football.
    Why dont we channel that type of money to our­ ailing health service or to our forces.

    From mickmen, on Fri 24 Jul 10:22AM

  18. no one on this earth is worth that much

    From arthur1937, on Fri 24 Jul 10:18AM

  19. 206 rhys Vidic is quality but JT is far better than­ Rio. If City are desperate enough to pay him £1m a­ month then I guess he's worth it. Aren't we­ all worth whatever we can earn? I can see City pushing­ Arsenal all the way for 4th spot this season, and maybe­ have a chance of winning it the season after. That is­ more likely why JT is taking his time to decide.

    From david b, on Fri 24 Jul 10:18AM
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    TERRY HAS NO DAMN TALENT FOR GOODNESS SAKE.

    From rhys_headley, on Fri 24 Jul 10:11AM
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