JOHN TERRY 'TAP-UP' FURY

ah! come on chelsea I thought you were a mature club.
wats wrong in a club publicly announcing the players they would want to sign?
city have done nothing wrong here.
I think you are only bitter because City have financially out muscled you this summer

By ishemunyoro chingwere.. Posted July 25 2009 at 1:52 PM.

What a bunch of ignoramus some of you are. Learn to compose in proper English would you. Use actual words and show us that you possess some intelligence and then maybe we would consider your opinion to have some validity. Even though I am a City fan, I don't think City will break into the top four this season. If they do it, fantastic. If they finish 5th or 6th, that is a step forward. The owners better take that as a positive and continue their support of Hughes. I can see City challenging for the top spot but not quite winning a top four spot. They may even push those top teams in head to head matches but I think the team needs time to gel/settle in. Maybe MH will prove me wrong and show that he can manage all of these ego's in the first season but I think the squad will need time to settle out and they do break into the top 4. I will be ecstatic. I like the quality of players they are after and have secured but enough of the strikers already. Give us a couple solid defensive signings and call it an end now. BTW, Hughes played mainly youth academy kids, reserves and injury returning players against Orlando. Get over it. It is preseason. come on JT, join the City Revolution! Put a lot of cash in your pocket at the same time too.... :-P

By Sky-Blue Yank.. Posted July 20 2009 at 8:35 PM.

JT we all Chelsea fans love you to stay where u will always play for championship game than joining losers like Man City.

By Chynico.. Posted July 20 2009 at 2:46 AM.

man city will end up like blacburn rovers

hughes will lose his job

man city will continue signing overpriced players

your not even in europe

wont qualify for europe again lack of consitancy

man utd chelsea arsenal liverpool have always been more reconnized world wide before all the money

Man city have NO hISTORY(will ALWAYS BE 2ND TO UTD)

By james .. Posted July 20 2009 at 2:07 AM.

TO JAY...Ahh yes a pound if you knew anything about football you would know its about the supporters that have been with the the club for many years unlike these 'city fans' who seem to pop up out of the woodwork like little worms when they get some cash,just like the wino in the pub on dole day(you know the ones).The fact remains roman could have bought the little blues any time he wanted,but chose chelsea due to history(1905)and the way the supporters love the club.You should focus on uefa cup these seems to be at your level.Mark Hughes has made a fool of himself(for which at one time i had respect for him)and your little club(always in man u's shadow).You wiill never crack the top four,as your team has no passion.Just mercs,or gloryhunters much like yourself....

By psvhangover.. Posted July 19 2009 at 11:04 PM.

Yaks

You are one sorry t... you must be mad posting that 6 times and if you think Arsenal are GOONER be in the top 4 next season you are dreaming ...

The so called big 4 are done for and it will not only be CITY that gate crash them Liverpool and Man U had best watch out if they think they are safe with what they have!!!!! have fun and look forward to te comments evrey week!!!!

Blue Moon Rising Fast.....

By Yashin.. Posted July 19 2009 at 11:09 PM.

CHELSEA are set to report Manchester City boss Mark Hughes to the Premier League for 'tapping up' John Terry. And? What exactly are the FA going to do about it? Man City have just become so powerful as a club in English football the FA will treat them with kid gloves just as they did Chelsea when they started flouting rules here and there. the same way they do with Ferguson and the same way they do with Wenger.

This is a bit rich (excuse the pun) from Chelsea considering their blatent bully boy approach to signing players over the past few seasons. The real problem here is the inbalance that these new owners and all their cash is creating coupled with a completly unfair distrubution of monies from TV etc.

I hope that the new owners of Man City don't wreck the club in the same way that Chelsea have been ruined. The bubble is busting at Chelsea because of the speed in which it was inflated. They are not a Barcelona, or a Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal or even a West Ham. They are a club who went from A to Z and missed out all the letters in between. I have always liked Man City as a club. The poor relations of the city but with the much better supporters. I hope all this cash doesn't distance the fans from the club. I wonder how much say Mark Hughs actually has at the club already. At Arsenal we have Usmanov desperate to take control of the club. As a child from the sixties I hope we resist his cash and try to opperate on a money in money out basis.

By Steve.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:23 PM.

As a City supporter for almost 60 years I sincerely hope Jeff is right. Doesn't matter who City sign, as long as Hughes is around, they will win nothing. Bring on "The Special One"!

By skyblue36.. Posted July 19 2009 at 7:59 PM.

Even if JT signs for Man City how can they play with NINE STRIKERS? Clueless Mark Hughes should go and repeat his UEFA coaching bag!

By Michael Enweluzor.. Posted July 19 2009 at 7:30 PM.

Message for yak , get a life ! Mark my words CITY top four next season !

By blue boy.. Posted July 19 2009 at 7:08 PM.

You got to admire Man City - trying to break into top 3 teams in England - why not if money is no object I feel sorry for teams Liverpool Arsenal who havent strengthened uptoo now - I going to say this I think with or with out Terry Man City will win the league .

By crispy.. Posted July 19 2009 at 6:24 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join losers who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil man do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:54 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join losers who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil man do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:49 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join losers who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil man do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:46 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join losers who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil man do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:45 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join losers who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil man do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:38 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join loser who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:36 PM.

the way we got courted for the Ashley Cole thing i think we should take man city to the cleaners just like we were..but knowing the the FA its one rule for the other 91 league clubs and a completely different rule for Chelsea.

By Andy Simms.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:34 PM.

From the first place JT didnt say he want to join loser who are seeking 4 good future of the club but dont know where to begin, because they dont have planers that they can manage the club. As a Arsenal fan i see no future in manc unless that so call multi bil do something at the management or else they will still fine themself at the bottom of the table,you may agree with me if you see the way they play yesterdey in south-africa how orlando bit them 2 nil.

By Yaks.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:29 PM.

Working on the fact that the first comment is a typical Chelsea fan, the standard of grammer probably means JT or any of his advisors cannot understand any package Chelsea put in front of him... or should I say... sine d pacage JT we luv ya!

By jt's jockstrap.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:07 PM.

JT is on his way
Saved his best for another day!

Raging fans give him stick
There all the same really sick!

"D" Blues fans crying in "D" Shed
As JT nets with his head!

Chelsea lose and City win
Big 4 NOW IN THE BIN..........

BLUE MOON RISING FAST....................

By Yashin.. Posted July 19 2009 at 5:05 PM.

D fact is dat d whole of man city suck dey won't break d top four in ten years 2 come even with JT or not.JT had better stay and win quadruple dis season cos chelsea will be on fire

By Ugo "D Blues".. Posted July 19 2009 at 4:31 PM.

Jordan - posted at 12.10pm

Don't understand what you mean. I' m a Blues fan (As are all Chelsea and MCFC fans - or didn't you think about that ?), and I've got a bed.

You just have to work out if we are laughing with you, or at you.

By RD.. Posted July 19 2009 at 4:30 PM.

JT is goin no-where like chelsea!

By MCFC THUG.. Posted July 19 2009 at 4:12 PM.

Can,t stop laughing, if City were struggling to put a financial package together for JT,Chelsea would be sniggering and laughing at us.But because City can afford to buy Chelsea the club as well as JT,Chelski go running to the Premier League complaining about the very thing they,ve been doing to other clubs for years. POOR POOR CHELSEA.

By paul green.. Posted July 19 2009 at 4:09 PM.

I AM SO SICK OF READING ALL THESE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT CITY, JESUS GET OVER IT. NOBODY BATTERS AN EYELID WHEN ITS MAN UTD, CHELSEA,LIVERPOOL AND ARSENAL BUYING PLAYERS. THOSE TEAMS HAVE THE MONEY FROM REGULAR CHAMPIONS LEAUGE GAMES WE AT CITY DONT HAVE THAT LUXURY YET, BUT BY SPENDING BIG NOW WE WILL SOON HAVE THAT SUCCESS THAT OUR VERY VERY VERY REACH OWNERS WANT.

By jay.. Posted July 19 2009 at 3:58 PM.

CHELSEA KNOW ALL ABOUT TAPPING UP I SUPPOSE ,ABOUT TIME YOU HAD A BIT OF FINANCIAL BULLYING GOING YOUR WAY IN THE TRANSFER MARKET . ANYWAY SOME OF YOU CHELSEA FANS OBVIOUSLY DONT REMEMBER BEING WORTH ONLY £1.00 FACT !!!!!!!

By IAN ROBERTS.. Posted July 19 2009 at 3:47 PM.

O by the way some people cant spell on here ,guess you must be from abroad as most city and utd fans are!!!!grow up ,and get over it ,nobody wants to play for you.JUST A TEAM OF MERCS...

By psvhangover.. Posted July 19 2009 at 3:26 PM.

Terry is going nowhere,he is THE MAN at chelsea,city are to little of a club for him to go too.Im amazed on how many people have got it in for chelsea, guess they are jealous.This goes to prove how people from other clubs wish they had the loyalty of players like we have.As for 'only what chelsea have done in regard of tapping up players I dont think so somehow, what big names were these? Quarter finals and semi finals for the last few years in the cl ,premiership wins thats a good result i think .These so called city fans should try to focus on beating low grade south african teams before even thinking they can finish in the top ten of the domestic league let alone the CL!!!

By psvhangover.. Posted July 19 2009 at 3:23 PM.

you shouldn't be letting a midget like tuaert do a bicycle kick in your penalty box

By Rich.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:55 PM.

There is a hell of a lot of scowling Chealsea fans on here throwing a lot of verbal at City....

I remember when Abromovich took over and as a City fan I thought it was great for football that a club at last could compete with heavyweights of Europe and wished them well...

Unfortunately you never really did yourselves justice at the pinnacle of club football....ie WIN the damn thing when all JT had to do was score from the spot..

Well I think your chance has gone and now that you realise there is a bigger threat to you than Man United come the next 5/10 years its no good throwing stones our way...no that you realise that you HAD YOUR OPPORTUNITY and failed..

As a true football fan I wish you well and hope that WE YES CITY meet you at some stage in CL in the future as I am sure that you will dutily fail again................

By Yashin.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:15 PM.

all blues fans are nobeds

By jordan.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:10 PM.

POOR CHELSKI!!! city are only doing what chelsea did when roman bought them & buying the best player`s around!!!They seam to forget about not to long ago having shirt`s on the chelsea website for sale with ROBINHO on the back when he was still at real madrid...one rule for the so called "BIG 4" and one rule for the rest of the premier league...keep watching because the man city revolution WILL be televised!!!

By mike strutter.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:01 PM.

chealsea throwing their toys out of the pram... isn't ths how they won the leauge its about time everyone got over themselves this is how football is these days

By DP.. Posted July 19 2009 at 11:34 AM.

oscar: what you on you you muppet,we have all these players so what, even if we didnt win anything we are city and we dont give to monkeys about a club that isnt even in manchester. Get a grip m8 we are enjoying the ride and to take a top player off the red rags is big new round our city get that our city,not stretford or trafford but our city.Win lose or draw city fans will be there ;)

By mancityfc44.. Posted July 19 2009 at 11:28 AM.

Chelsea, i wouldnt bother wting your time, JT going nowhere especially to CITY.

They have become a laughing stock no one wants to sign, tevez only went so he did not have to move house, city are and will always be city, no one>

By col.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:51 AM.

Football in the gutter ruined by money and about to get ten times worse.

By Stephen.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:55 AM.

Awww poor little man city fans. I've never seen such childish arguements! "Chelsea started it!" How pathetic are you! Not like you can't afford a fine maybe mark Hughes will have to sell his adu dahbi watch now. Soon the panic will set it that you've not bought any defenders at all and you will finish bottom end of the table..... again! Now go to your rooms, and let a real team show you how it's done.

By Scream107.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:41 AM.

remember the Ashley Cole thing?? They now know how it felt for Arsenal! Mark Hughes might as well enjoy while it lasts. I cant see him lasting... They r bound to get a high profile gaffer.

By oscar.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:27 AM.

I see by most of the comments on here that the city fans are showing their true colours at long last. Their arrogance and dismissive nature of other clubs is astounding already - and they haven't even won anything yet. Just imagine how bad they'll be if they actually win anything.

Just remember, city fans, your club is fast becoming everything you've always told us you despise about your red neighbours.

And as for having a great youth system - city's has always been overrated anyway. Its one thing producing players that are capable of holding a place in a mid-table team, but it's a lot harder to blood new players when your team is challenging for the title and those players need to be of a higher quality than those city usually produce. How many of the players city have produced have been 'world class'? Already, two players that were thought to be part of city's future before the new owners arrived, Sturridge and Evans, have now left and been replaced by better quality strikers. So city's youth system, another thing their fans have always crowed about, will probably fall by the wayside as they buy better and better player. But judging by most city fans comments they couldn't give a monkeys as long as they have success.

Funny how money changes people.....

By Pompey Jim.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:28 AM.

Come home to Manchester JT, where you belong. The real Manchester that is, not that place the other side of Salford. We are the true Blues and the only Blues with a future. You know it makes sense!

By Dave M.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:15 AM.

Re post of jon ward -

Do me a favour!!! I am an avid Chelsea fan and have been for 50 years. But to say he wants more money to secure his family's future is a joke. What planet are you on? One month of his current salary would secure my family's future for the rest of their lives!!

In the current climate of people being made unemployed on a daily basis. It is high time that football and its players and management started to take a long hard look at itself. Before long there will be empty seats because fans cannot afford the high price of watching a match.

By Phil Taylor.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:23 AM.

remember the Ashley Cole thing?? They now know how it felt for Arsenal! Mark Hughes might as well enjoy while it lasts. I cant see him lasting... They r bound to get a high profile gaffer.

By oscar.. Posted July 19 2009 at 10:21 AM.

Oooh a fine.. It's not like we cant afford it...

By John from Manc.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:49 AM.

Unless you hear a complaint from CFC then no point in commenting. The whole point of City bid is not recognised. It has as its first priority the intension of showing that they are are the new power in the EPL. That would be demonstrated by taking the captain of one of the clubs who they wish to overtake. As a Chelsea stalwart of fourty years I can say that when your club wins the lottery and competes with the big boys the only down side is the rubbish jealous fans of other clubs come out with and the glory hunters who start following your team.
Why the City owners decided to buy another club in the Manchester is a bit baffling but it does mean that ten years from now Utd will be the other club in Manchester with history but no future. Just like Arsenal in London. The only way football will get back to being a fans game will be is salary capping is introduced.

By pDzonu p.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:44 AM.

Regardless of Chelsea's past 'tapping up' issues, 2 wrongs do not make a right - Chelsea have been punished before, and so should City if Hughes tapped up John Terry illegally on holiday or wherever it may have been.

Manchester City should stick to buying some more strikers, it's what they're good at.

PS City will not break top 4 next year, not with their useless squad and lack of quality at the back.

By SEBlue.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:35 AM.

Why are all these Villa fans commenting on this subject? Secondly, it is the media that has 'tapped up' JT, City merely put in a bid (or two). Also Chelsea should try looking at themselves before slating other teams for poaching, theyr'e the grandmasters at it. C'mon City

By kippax 36.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:29 AM.

Paul posted 12.24am

This article is nothing to do with 1999 or the RAGS..

Obviously a Bitter Rag with nothing exciting to post about. Cant wait to visit the swamp with or without JT>..........

By Yashin.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:24 AM.

Hi, a note to deluded stu the villa fan , Gareth Barry here . Now you can see why I joined Man City . Fantastic fans, fantastic players , a great ground in Englands second city . Can't wait to the start of the the season , be afraid be very afraid , BLUE ARMY !

By barry blue .. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:24 AM.

chelski should also ask the PL to investigate how they tapped up cashley cole as well as the other players they tapped up.
chelski must have the best plumber in the world for all the tapping up they do.
Or, was it the chelski centre (bad)back who tapped up hughes?
I hear hughes was in dubai before (bad back slow as a tortoise) terry was there.
It looks like he was after a wage rise from chelski and it was bad back who circulated the story before hughes got back from his bank roll hols.

By bonnythescouser.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:27 AM.

I seem to remember someting similar when Chelsea were after Mr Wright-phillips???? How the tables have turned!!!!! Jt is just after a pay rise and I really don`t blame him. We need to start looking at other options at centre half.

By David Lee.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:22 AM.

How empty is villa's ground when you are not doing anything in the league,god help you lot if you ever go down.Where will all your fans be then villa will be lucky to do 18,000 in the championship talk about fickle fans.

By mancityfc44.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:51 AM.

Come of it!! JT was the one who tapped up Man City, I still remember the conversation in Dubai....lol

JT:- Spark(less)y fancy seeing you here in Dubai...

Sparkless:- Yea, just here with the family...& a round of golf with Craig Bellamy

JT:- I here you having a defensive problem in Man City...I know a fella I could recommend, plays in Blue already and is looking for one last pay check....wink wink, nudge nudge...

Now you tell me who tapped who up....lol

By 4rsenal411.. Posted July 19 2009 at 9:02 AM.

Still the same old wood being recycled yet again., Mark Hughes has been geting sacked since the first week of the takeover,hes just got on with the job quietly and efficiently,so much so that the owners, true to thier word, are backing him to the tune of 1billion pounds doesnt sound like a manager waiting for the chop to me,which brings me nicely on to the question of how many managers have chelsea gone through in the last five years. You and other clubs with bags of money are having your time in the sun your just being joined by another whos doing exactly what they have been doing for years.If i were a chelsea fan i wouldnt go down the "waste of money road" the shevsenko affair is with you forever.The CITY job has only just started
but WE ARE ON OUR WAY.

By john.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:39 AM.

A case of the pot calling the kettle ..... .

By Dave.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:38 AM.

FAO Stu the Villa fan.

As a Mancunian living in B'ham I really hoped that both City and Villa could break the self perpetuating top four. Unfortunatley for you Martin O'Neil doesn't seem to want to strenghten his paper thin squad. Instead he'd rather see his best players leave to rival clubs, Ashley Young is next by the looks of things. The only way any club outside the top four is going to progress is to spend a shed load of money cos thats the only way of attracting top players when you're not in champs league. O'Neil hasn't worked that out yet and consequently you're on your way back to mid table mediocrity if things don't change.

Oh and as for home grown talent what about Richards, Onuha, Ireland, Wright Philips and Weiss.

By Andy.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:36 AM.

If am correct didnt Arsenal report Chelsea to the FA/PL for all the idiots who kept on bringing up Ashley Cole's name..

By Ola Ray.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:31 AM.

now, now Chelski, put away your dummies and rattles, the Tonka toys are here.

By Koptic Timez.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:18 AM.

Chelsea had tapped up Peter Kenyon while he was with Man Utd. Kenyon's last role at United was to get the signaturre of Ronaldinho, which surprise surprise he didn't manage. They're fine people to be whining about tapping up!

By Robert Whyte.. Posted July 19 2009 at 7:56 AM.

Hughes & Man City are pathetic. Not a big club & don't even own their own ground. Why would Terry go there? Only people who support City are the locals who couldn't afford a trip 2 Old Trafford. UP THE VILLA, a real big club being run the right way. Hail the home-grown quota!

By Stu.. Posted July 19 2009 at 8:02 AM.

Funny how all these fans come out of the wood work when another club looks to be doing something there clubs have been doing for years,Take a long hard look at your own club chelski and you rag heads jumping on the band waggon.Get used to it city are here and here to stay by hook or by crook :)

By Mancityfc44.. Posted July 19 2009 at 7:23 AM.

They have a good point: it's about time this tapping up rule had some consequences, unfortunately Chelsea are usually the culprits.

By jon ward.. Posted July 19 2009 at 6:34 AM.

lets be honest here...have any of you who have comment so far have been offered a job with a higher salary, better perks, and perhaps better future prospects and have turned it down flat without thinking about it ?
I`m not supporting JT in anyway here, but put yourself in his shoes, he wants more money to secure his and his families future, why should he bother about the club ? A wake up call for u all, in todays world football=money, the glory for team an country have long gone....so wake up an don`t get so sentimental if a player wishes to leave, if you got a similar offer would like to see how you would react......

By Vik.. Posted July 19 2009 at 4:46 AM.

Hughes will be fired by Xmas when City are 12th , I hope Terry goes , he needs bringing down a peg or two . He clearly wants to go, silence is deafening....All these richer than ever signings have made poor career decisions but financially tremendous moves. Watch.

By Jeff.. Posted July 19 2009 at 2:51 AM.

Not looking good for Chelski, is it. See you later, Abromovich.

By Pam.. Posted July 19 2009 at 2:53 AM.

ok, to all the Man City fans. BEHAVE!

1. John terry would be STUPID to leave chelsea (the club that is normally fighting for 4 trophies come January, and where he has been there for over a decade) and is adored by the chelsea club and the fans. Considering he is 28, he probably will never be able to play in champions league and Man City will not be able to break into UEFA cup let alone the top 4.... He would quite simple risk too much leaving for a club only for financial reasons - his england captaincy as well.

2. Stop living in a dream world that you would be playing in champions leage in 10/11 season. You are a club that escaped from the jaws of relegation 2 seasons ago. AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY to compare yourself with chelsea? :-) When Abramovich took over, we were in top-4 already and were playing in champions leage... we had a fantastic squad! whereas you have had players like ... BARTON... lol... I REST MY CASE!

By Tahir.. Posted July 19 2009 at 3:01 AM.

This from the CHUMPS that took Ashley Cole to a secret hotel during the season!!! Donkeys!

By peter.. Posted July 19 2009 at 1:20 AM.

ha ha...whats next? ronaldo complains about players diving or rooney calling someone ugly.

By JJ.. Posted July 19 2009 at 1:09 AM.

Citeh may be the moneybags club in town now biut let's face it what world class players have they really signed? Barry, Santa Cruz possibly Tevez & Adebeyour who by the way only a few months back signed a new contract with Arsenal - such loyalty and whoever they sign money doesn't guarantee you success Chelsea had a fantstic manager in Mourinho who blended all the new guys into a team - will Hughes be able to do that?

By Linda Martin.. Posted July 19 2009 at 1:06 AM.

Chelsea moaning about what they themselves have been doing for the past few years. City about to lose the loveable loser tag, and about time too. City and the fans, deserve success for all the years of failure and false dawns- stop the jealousy and sniping and thank God that someone will finally come along and break the so called big 4. Keep going City-our time has come and we're luvin' it, luvin' it, luvin' it.

By Russ Foster.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:57 AM.

chelsea = grasses!
step aside

By mcfc thug!.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:52 AM.

Chelsea don't like it that City are bigger now than them, and the same as the other three of the so called 'big four' of the Premier League don't like it, because one of them next season not gonna be in the top four and no CL football for them to pay off all their debts !! Best of luck City !!!! The future's bright the future's light blue

By James Kennedy.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:50 AM.

People keep saying "remember Ashley Cole", as if that means something. Chelsea got fined for that approach, and the same thing should happen to City.

By aveit.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:35 AM.

Hilarious comments re-SWP being benched for 2 years. He was benched because he was not good enough. He was given many opportunities and failed to deliver at the highest level. It didnt work out for him. By the time City hit top 4 consistently, he wont be anything like 1st choice...

By Chris P.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:35 AM.

You're spot on Jeff. I'm a Chelsea fan and i won't mind seeing Terry sold for nothing less than £45M and at the same time it would only take Man City 4 months before sending Mark Hughes to the DSS office with his P45. For your information, the signing of Terry would pave the way for the arrival of Jose Mourinho back to the premiership to manage Man City.

By Bisi.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:29 AM.

Q, do you city fans want to be hated winners or loved losers, get used to these articles and just remember 1999 on smile.

By paul.. Posted July 19 2009 at 12:24 AM.

As a city fan i have mixed feeling - Terry is synonomous with Chelsea and as a football fan i think what maes the game so fascinating are the great plauers of other teams - Terry being one so it would probably be good for football for him to stay put - BUT i will never ever fogive Chelski in the manner they took SWP from ourselves all those yeras ago a player worshipped by the city fans a players who had been at City most of his life a player we all thought was City through and through (getting the picture) but no you offered a big fat pay check to city and an ever bigger salary to SWP and he was gone in 24 hours and guess what you benched him for 2 years - so if Terry does indeed come i wont be too sad but rest assured Chelsji fans we wont bench him - not nice is it being financially out muscled

By dctid66.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:53 PM.

This will drag on and on until Terry finally goes public to stay or go...

If the report that CFC are serious about reporting City for tapping up this can only add to the doubts of him actually staying. I never really thought he would leave however now I believe that the odds are slightly in favour of City!!!

Yashin

By Yashin.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:49 PM.

Chelsea don't like 'tapping up'?

What, like when Chelsea openly and brazenly tapped up Ashley Cole - that sort of tapping up?

Chelsea spent a good few years trampling over every other club in Europe - beating people over the head with their giant chequebook - they're just upset that now they're being beaten at their own game...

By John.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:38 PM.

Slightly hypocritical of chelsea to accuse anyone of tapping up, what goes around comes around, remember ashley cole anyone??????

By noely.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:35 PM.

How can this be classed as Tapping-Up. City put in an official bid......so yes they are obviously interested in buying Terry. This is totally different to meeting the player in a London resturant behind the clubs back like Chelski did with Ashley Cole. Or had you forgot abot that.

By The Kippaxkid.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:29 PM.

Why are they waiting to report Hughes? Just do it already! Maybe they know they don't have a case and are just threatening him through the media. Pathetic.

By matt.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:28 PM.

I know we are know angels but if it was us say courting richards so publically we would be up on an fa charge quicker than you can say 'tapping up', if the fa are to be fair about this than man city should get a formal warning as to their conduct, you dont talk about players the way hughes has when the club have said he isnt for sale.

By paul fordham.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:17 PM.

Two words answer, remember ASHLEY COLE
MCFC owners 555 billion, Chelsea 10 billion - dont mess with the big boys Chelsea!

By Karen Tyler.. Posted July 18 2009 at 11:21 PM.

JT is a traitor

By chelsea4life.. Posted July 18 2009 at 10:52 PM.

Funny it should bother Chelsea, having pursued both Sean Wright-Phillips and Danny Sturridge through the newspapers. Slightly hypocritical of them to complain now there's a bigger bully in the playground.

By martin.. Posted July 18 2009 at 10:42 PM.

Isn't it about time Hughes shut up. Even if Terry goes to Man City Hughes will not manage him for long.Is Hughes that stupid to think he will still be manager at Christmas. I don't think he will last til November.

By Jeff Wills.. Posted July 18 2009 at 10:30 PM.