Eurosport - Sat, 30 May 13:50:00 2009
Chelsea captain John Terry has strongly rejected claims made by former team-mate Claude Makelele that he was in any way responsible for Jose Mourinho's sacking in September 2007.
Makelele claims, in a new autobiography ('Claude Makelele - Tout Simplement') published in France on Saturday, that Mourinho and Terry fell out over playing time as the captain dealt with injury, and that Terry asked for a transfer.
"I thought Mourinho was practically untouchable, but a lot of players had complained about him, notably John Terry," Makelele wrote.
"When John Terry let his discontent be known to [chief executive Peter] Kenyon and asked him for an immediate transfer, (owner Roman) Abramovich reacted immediately: the departure of Terry was totally unimaginable, from the point of view of the supporters, the players or the club owners. Mourinho was packing his bags."
However, both Chelsea and Terry have strongly refuted Makelele's claims.
"This is not a true version of events with regards to the transfer request as there wasn't one," said a Chelsea spokesman.
"Nor was the captain responsible for the departure of Jose Mourinho, which was mutually agreed between Jose and the club."
A statement released through Terry's lawyers read: "It has been claimed that John was in some way involved with the removal of Jose Mourinho as manager. This is categorically untrue and there is no foundation in this allegation.
"We also confirm (should it even need confirming) that John has never asked to be transferred from Chelsea."
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tru best defence isnt gonna get you the prem, its the point but stiil its a fact.. and for the guy with the thumbs up thanks
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michael o your best defence didnt win you the league did it thats how overrated ferdy and vidic are pal enuff said
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I am a close freind of one of chelsea's highly ranked backroom staff and i used to work there as well, and i'll tell u this. There was a bit of player pressure involved with mourinhos sacking, but it was mainly, 96% due to sheva's signing. mourinho did not rate sheva too higly and abramovic wanted to see sheva play and due to this dis agreement mourinho was offered the chance to leave(NOT FIRED, OFFERED THE CHANCE TO LEAVE, HENCE MUTUAL CONSENT, HE AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT HE WOULD LEAVE).
it was not terry or lampsy who made the abramovic sack jose!!
and besides all your insults to terry which to a certain extent can be justified, i doesnt hide the fact that he is a good player. yes he has faults, but if you wanna insult him take a look at chelsea's defensive stats. statistically speaking chelsea have the best defence in the prem, I.E we have conceded the least goals.. and take a look at your other so called better players, vidic an overrated serb who whenever his team plays against a side which actually poses a threat to them he looks like a pathetic piece of arse wipe.. look at him against barca and liverpool!! @#$%!! he's just overrated cs he plays for man-u and van d sar had dta good record, no thanks to him or his fellow overate ferdinand. but i wont deny it terry is also overrated, but on a personal basis he is not a @#$%. sure sometimes he can be a bit of @#$% in matches but with many other footballer it's the same E.G rooney ronaldo gerrard drogba vidic barton bellamy robinho scholes ballack e.t.c dont just attack a person cos u r from a rival team or stuff like that. if you DONT KNOW THE FACTS, please SHUT THE HELL UP OK! but i must say i quite impressed at some of the insults you came up with for jt nd d others very impressive,
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