Premier League - Terry rejects Makelele claims

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.

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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."

PA Sport

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  20. 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).
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    From michael o, on Sat 30 May 11:04PM
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