JOHN TERRY is about to be offered a lucrative payday to end his career in China with Shanghai Shenhua.
Ex-Chelsea midfielder Gus Poyet is the new boss of the mega-rich Chinese Super League side and he wants to make the Blues’ skipper his first signing.
Terry does have Chinese connections: last summer he made a one-man tour of China and was named an ambassador of football culture in Guanghzou.
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Terry took a pay cut when he signed a one-year deal in the close season but would actually prefer to stay at Stamford Bridge, where he is currently on £50,000 a year. He could trouser at least double that in China.
However, there is no indication yet that boss Antonio Conte is keen to extend the 35-year-old central defender’s stay in the King’s Road.
Stalwart Terry, a one-club man, is currently out with a gluteus problem that will keep him out of Saturday’s top-of-the-table trip to Manchester City.
In fact, he has appeared just once as a substitute since Chelsea started their impressive seven-game Premier League winning streak.
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Terry did start in Chelsea’s EFL Cup defeat at West Ham but since then Conte has switched to a 3-4-3, making it harder to force a way back into the back line.
And he’s certainly considering his future.
Said Terry: “I still want to play for a couple more years, whether that is at Chelsea or somewhere abroad, I don’t know.
“It’s an option. I am contracted to Chelsea for this season and then will see after that. I’m doing my coaching badges. I don’t know if I want to be a coach but I want to do my badges and pass.”
The former England captain can speak with overseas clubs from January and he is believed to have attracted interest from teams in Turkey and the United States.
Should he want information on Shanghai Shenhua former team-mates Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba both played there, while Demba Ba is currently there.
Terry will definitely be able to improve his £50,000 a week wages.
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