John Terry supported Man United
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He is Chelsea's Captain Marvel, the rock in the Blues' defence who came through the Stamford Bridge youth system.
But John Terry is unafraid to admit that when he was growing up, he supported Manchester United.
'You know what it's like when you're a boy, you want to support the team that's winning everything,' he said.
'And my dad and grandad were Man Utd fans.
'But my first day at Chelsea I knew that was the club I wanted to be at.'
He could have easily been a Red Devil. Terry revealed that before he joined Chelsea's Youth Training Scheme, he was also approached by United.
'During the school holidays I would go up to Manchester and train with their boys for two weeks, play a few games and come home.
'But one thing that was really special about Man United was that Alex Ferguson took time out and invited me to one of their games and to have lunch with their players.
'He made me feel so special, autographs, my photo done with the Premiership trophy.
'I think it was hard for my dad to take that I was going to sign for Chelsea.' -
imagine if he is a liverpool player and he said that, when he was young, he supported manchester united
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more of 'bribery' kind of approach ferguson uses
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Originally posted by allentyb:imagine if he is a liverpool player and he said that, when he was young, he supported manchester united
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Well, John O'Shea is a big Liverpool fan.Originally posted by allentyb:imagine if he is a liverpool player and he said that, when he was young, he supported manchester united
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Then why did he sign for Chelsea?
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Haha...and he scored the only goal against LVP last seasonOriginally posted by CKeer:Well, John O'Shea is a big Liverpool fan.
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CK
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ok la, because last time chelsea and man utd not really rivals what. so the prestige and glory part will attract lotsa kids.
liverpool is diferent, most of their locals there are born in merseyside, so its really criminal if they supported man utd.
its usually liverpool or everton.
anyway bout john o shea is also different, cause he's not a local english boy. -
There's the irony even in Merseyside. Lots of great Liverpool players (both past and present) are actually Everton supporters while Everton players might have been Liverpool supporters!Originally posted by stellazio:ok la, because last time chelsea and man utd not really rivals what. so the prestige and glory part will attract lotsa kids.
liverpool is diferent, most of their locals there are born in merseyside, so its really criminal if they supported man utd.
its usually liverpool or everton.
anyway bout john o shea is also different, cause he's not a local english boy. -
If i rmb correctly,he said that because United's academy is extremely competitive. That's why he thought the going 2 Chelsea academy will allow him to break faster into the 1st team.A bit like 'big fish in a small pond'.And true enough he didOriginally posted by Slipshade:Then why did he sign for Chelsea?