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."

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  1. Chelsea may never win any serious cup again. Ask­ Newcastle and Shearer. . Once you set a player as a­ 'god' in a team. That is often the end of such­ teams. Let's see what happens today.

    From Jide, on Sat 30 May 1:26PM

  2. makelele was the best midfielder at chelsea in­ mourhino's reing, every one knows this

    From antonynjuyen, on Sat 30 May 1:25PM

  3. No 22, tell that to Rooney, Gerald, etc and the­ thousands of footballers who have­ autobiographies.....
    so many of em now.....
    regardin­ the topic, interesting story..lets see how it plays­ out

    From ., on Sat 30 May 1:07PM
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    so wot claude keep it shut just gonna get the tube to­ wembley cmon chelsea lets beat the scouse blues

    From sanditroy, on Sat 30 May 1:03PM

  5. peterhdendy, 22, did you say Makelele is jealous of­ Terry? That's sickening and cheap. terry is yet to­ hold an European cup talk less of a world cup. Wake up­ mate!

    From Jide, on Sat 30 May 1:00PM
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    What is Claude Makelele doing writing a autobiography­ anyway. He's had no life, he is only young.Wait­ till your at least 60. He's just jealous that Terry­ still plays for a great team.

    From peterhdendy, on Sat 30 May 12:45PM
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    these votes do they really count for anything. yahoo­ derserves to give us answers to what they do with them­ apart from playing with our intellectual minds­ hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    From irvine, on Sat 30 May 12:22PM

  8. It's probably the second book which reveals some­ sort of conspiracy in the Blues camp. First it was­ Ancelotti's story of meeting Roman 007 style, now­ Makelele. I wonder if Didier's biography has­ something in it, anyone?

    From Charlie, on Sat 30 May 12:20PM

  9. if it is written in the book & chelsea/John Terry­ dont sue Claude Makelele for libel and/or slander, then­ i would suggest some eliments of truth in what he­ wrote! Player Power at any club is unacceptable! could­ you ever see ronaldo getting fergie sacked? or even­ gerrard getting benitez sacked? just wouldnt happen! ­ the scenes in the champions league semi-final against­ barcalona show signs of player power because that would­ only happen at a club where a player is belived to be­ bigger than the club (john terry, drogba, lampard,­ cole). goodluck today everton, as david moyes shows­ how a premier league club (& players) should be­ managed.

    From naps, on Sat 30 May 12:17PM

  10. sometimes the truth hurts ,,,,kenyon is one of the most­ two faced people in football ,,, a yes man to his boss­ and arse licker but to anyone else he stab u in the­ back if it ment him or u ,,,, chelsea would be a much­ happier club without that man ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,terry­ well might be good to talk on holiday but a sly man on­ the pitch ,,, mourinho was the best manager to be at­ chelsea ,,,,,, and what a los it was ,,,,, i am a manu­ fan and whilst chelsea our still a strong team­ something is missing from there game­ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,since he left ,,,

    From tasdeon, on Sat 30 May 12:15PM

  11. dont think JT was the reason for jose`s departue i­ think it was the owner roman abrahimovic for buying­ andre shevchencho... i`m glad that happend because he­ came to manage my club inter milan...

    From harim, on Sat 30 May 12:12PM

  12. I wish you foreigners would stop calling it the EPL. ­ It's NOT the EPL, it's the Premier League,­ simple as

    From shamay72, on Sat 30 May 12:07PM

  13. sorry it was with reference to the 3rd comment about­ john he is very proffesional on and off the pitch. Also­ meet Mark Hateley whilst on the ferry from Plymouth to­ Spain he was a top bloke to but i was on a school trip.­ So not all footballers cause trouble off the pitch.­ Most are very proffesional people i know they get paid­ stupid amounts of money but there carrers are short and­ all it takes is a bad injury and they are finished. So­ rather than get on the backs of people like JT we­ should be praising them up so they feel confident so­ ENGLAND CAN CONCENTRATE ON FOOTBALL AND WINNING THE­ WORLD CUP RATHER THAN ALLEGATIONS. ITS ABOUT TIME WE­ WON THE WORLD CUP SO LETS START BACKING OUR TOP­ FOOTBALLERS AND NOT PUTTING THEM DOWN. COME ON EVERYONE­ LETS BACK OUR PLAYERS ITS UP TO THEM THEN TO MAKE­ ENGLAND WIN THE WORLD CUP NOT WORRY ABOUT WHATS GOING­ TO BE SAID ABOUT THEM. JT it was a plesure meeting you­ i hope all prekiership footballers are like you cannot­ stress anymore how much of a top bloke you are sorry­ for the comment i made to you hope one day to meet you­ in person to personally apologise as hope not to have­ upset you whilst you where on holiday with your family.­ As you took your time to speak to me and have your pic­ done where some would probably have thought i am on­ holiday can everyone leave me alone to chill out after­ the heartache of a long season and the bad ending to­ it. He also had pics taken with other people there and­ people also commented what a nice guy you are JT my mrs­ was impressed at meeting you and told everyone when we­ came home to plymouth. All the best in your future and­ carrer hope you lift the world cup for england one day.­ Sam james plymouth. Liverpool and plymouth argyle­ supporter.

    From samueltjames, on Sat 30 May 12:06PM

  14. Everybody knew that Terry was an architect of­ Mourinho's exit.Both Terry and Kenyo came­ together,planned and executed­ His(Mourinho)departure.How i wished special one is­ still in chelsea.If Terry can flash back,if would­ reslise that his form dropped immediately mourinho­ left.He's just picking back when Hiddink arrived.

    From umbronfat, on Sat 30 May 11:57AM

  15. JT is an intelligent player, very aware of what's­ going on around him - Bobby Moore, who I often saw, was­ the same. Above all, like Moore or Gerrard, he inspires­ team-mates. This kind of player is special. I'm a­ Leeds fan: from all accounts John Charles was the same,­ though we're still looking for someone similar.­ Lets appreciate these guys who enrich the game and­ inspire kids in every way.

    From John, on Sat 30 May 11:55AM

  16. well any player is dipensable so is terry

    From efozia, on Sat 30 May 11:53AM

  17. Son of a shoplifter ,what do you expect .All the chavs­ in london need an over rated brit to rant about .Theres­ few enough of them playing in the EPL.EPL=EUROPEAN­ PERMIER LEAGUE .Would be @#$% minus the non english.

    From thetwotoedsloth, on Sat 30 May 11:52AM

  18. Everybody knew that Terry was an architect of­ Mourinho's exit.Both Terry and Kenyo came­ together,planned and executed­ His(Mourinho)departure.How i wished special one is­ still in chelsea.If Terry can flash back,if would­ reslise that his form dropped immediately mourinho­ left.He's just picking back when Hiddink arrived.

    From umbronfat, on Sat 30 May 11:52AM

  19. terry is a piece of @#$%, hes so over rated its unreal,­ calvalhio makes terry look good thats all it is, he­ should never be england captain rio should, his off­ field antics are nothing more than disgraceful. And hes­ one for you that was never mentioned or seen i dont­ think, last years c.l.final man u chelsea, watch the­ argument closely between drogba and tevez, if you look­ at terry closely when he comes running in he spits on­ tevex but hides it by sort of covering his mouth, watch­ it to believe the dirty scum bag @#$%. I had it on sky­ + and managed to slow it down but hes a snidy dirty­ @#$%. watch it.

    From Stuart, on Sat 30 May 11:46AM
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    With reference to the 1st comment i met john terry­ whilst i was on holiday in florida. I meet him and his­ family whilst shopping and off the pitch what a top­ bloke he is. John and his family spoke to me. What a­ nice guy top bloke i am a liverpool fan and i mentioned­ to him about his penalty miss in the final against utd­ which i should not have done sorry john. He still­ carried on talking but shortly left understandable­ though. I told him that he was a top bloke and that i­ am sure that chelsea will get another opportunity to­ win it again so not to worry as they are a world class­ side. So as for being proffesional off the @#$% i would­ say what a good role model he would be for upcoming­ proffesional footballers. As he was polite willing to­ take pics with other people and down to earth. I would­ love to meet him again a true family man his dad was a­ good laugh and joked around and his mrs was lovely to­ talk to. John was not big headed or arrogant like some­ famous people can be and was not drunk and getting in­ any trouble like a lot do. So on this subject John­ Terry is very proffesional off the pitch and this is­ coming from a liverpool fan. It would be a pleasure to­ meet John Terry again what a top bloke. Hopefully one­ day when his carrer is nearing the end but not for a­ while i hope for englands sake Plymouth Argyle sign­ him. This is so that i can meet him to say sorry for my­ comment whilst he was on holiday about that penalty­ miss. He is such a lucky bloke i used to play football­ but ruptured my anterior cruciate knee ligament and had­ it rebuilt i had trials with proffesional teams and­ played semi pro till young age until injury not played­ since football was my life wanted to be pro. I always­ thought what it would be like to meet a premiership­ footballer would they be big headed and think they are­ better than everyone else but meeting JT has changed­ what i might have thought what a down to earth top­ bloke you are JT and excellent footballer on and off­ the pitch.

    From samueltjames, on Sat 30 May 11:42AM
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