After almost two months of absence from the field; Chelsea captain could enter in the New Year with his recovery from knee injury. Notably, the captain was sidelined after he faced four matches’ suspension over his racial comment row and then his knee injury against Liverpool. Recently, he signaled a comeback when he attended Chelsea training session, and now, he played as an overage player for Chelsea under-21 team against neighbor Fulham on Thursday. Though, he stayed for only 45 minutes on the field, but each of his movements has been continuously tracked by interim manager Rafael Benitez who was presented at the stadium. Perhaps, his attendance also marked a moral boost among under-21 team and they defeated southwest London club by 2-0. Under-21 manager Dermot Drummy issued a statement via club website that reads as, “John inspires all of the players. He leads by example but the most important thing from the club's point of view is that he looked in good shape.” Though, the … [Read more...]
John Terry is still Chelsea’s captain, but after a huge fine
Roberto Di Matteo has taken another brave move by retaining John Terry as captain of Chelsea though after a hefty fine. The man in blue will again wear captain’s armband and enter in the field with full confidence as he had always been doing. There is no need to discuss again as to why he had become an untouchable in last few weeks for everybody, but Chelsea helped him in moving further in his life forgiving what happened in last few months to him. Notably, Terry has been found guilty of passing racial comments to Anton Ferdinand last year. That case has been concluded from FA’s end after imposing a mammoth 220,000 pounds as fine on him. Many consider Chelsea’s decision as full of error this time, but on the other side, Chelsea has issued a statement and clarified how it takes on FA decision, racial abuses, and the whole turnaround happened to him. Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, discussed Terry’s status via statement given to Associated Press that reads as, “John will continue to … [Read more...]