{"id":3597,"date":"2014-04-18T02:46:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T02:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2014-04-18T02:50:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T02:50:33","slug":"chelsea-captain-set-to-join-drogba-at-galatasaray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/chelsea-captain-set-to-join-drogba-at-galatasaray\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole, Lampard Set To Join Chelsea Exodus As Galatasaray Eyes Terry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Terry has been offered a new one-year contract by Chelsea \u2013 but must accept a massive pay-cut to stay.<\/p>\n

Skipper Terry’s current \u00a3150,000-a-week deal expires this summer and his wages could be halved if he decides to remain at Stamford Bridge next season.<\/p>\n

The former England centre-back is enjoying an outstanding season for the Blues,\u00a0but the offer has thrown the 33-year-old\u2019s future into doubt.<\/p>\n

Chelsea are standing firm on their policy that outfield players over 30 are only offered one-year extensions – and on reduced terms.<\/p>\n

Terry may walk away from the club he’s represented since his teens as he has attracted strong interest from foreign clubs, with Turkish giants Galatasaray leading the way.<\/p>\n

The Istanbul side could promise him a bigger pay day – and there may be offers from other clubs in the Premier League, too.<\/p>\n

Terry faces a major dilemma over whether to quit the club he loves and where a fans’ banner at Stamford Bridge famously proclaims him as ‘Captain. Leader, Legend.’<\/p>\n

Manager Jose Mourinho is keen for him to stay, but the club\u2019s hierarchy will not shift on their contract policy.<\/p>\n

That stance also applies for two more of the west Londoners’ stalwarts, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole, who could also both go this summer as Chelsea begin to shake-up the old guard.<\/p>\n

England star Cole, 33, has lost his place and several clubs are monitoring developments, as he likely to become a free agent.<\/p>\n

Lampard, 35, may be offered a coaching role in Mourinho\u2019s long-term plans, but must still decide whether to sign on for another 12 months on reduced terms.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has also been strongly linked with MLS side LA Galaxy.<\/p>\n

Despite the Blues\u2019 policy, Mourinho has hinted he could move to bring Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba back to his old Stamford Bridge stomping ground \u2013 at the age of 36.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Terry has been offered a new one-year contract by Chelsea \u2013 but must accept a massive pay-cut to stay. Skipper Terry’s current \u00a3150,000-a-week deal expires this summer and his wages could be halved if he decides to remain at Stamford Bridge next season. The former England centre-back is enjoying an outstanding season for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,80],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3601,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/3601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}