CHELSEA move for Newcastle' Taylor as Terry's replacement

• zocoss

  13 Jul 09, 09:28

  TOON’S £10M TAYLOR SET TO REPLACE TERRY

  

   

  TARGET: Chelsea chase Taylor as JT's replacement

  CHELSEA are ready to move in for Newcastle United’s England Under-21 defender Steven Taylor as they prepare to sell skipper John Terry to Manchester City.

   

  Taylor – like Terry, a no-nonsense defender – was devastated by Newcastle’s relegation.

  Spurs also want 23-year-old Taylor, who although born in London rose through the Toon youth ranks to become an adopted Geordie.

  But it’s Chelsea who are poised with a £10million bid as they anticipate an increased £35m City offer for Terry – one they will find hard to turn down.

  Chelsea have so far rejected two bids from ambitious City, who are armed with Sheikh Mansour’s millions. But influential people at Stamford Bridge firmly believe £35m is too good to turn down.

  Terry, 28, is already one of the club’s biggest earners on around £130,000 a week and Chelsea will not try to match City’s offer of a £200,000 weekly pay packet.

  City are confident of signing Carlos Tevez and they will also step up their £18m chase for Everton defender Joleon Lescott.

• zocoss

  13 Jul 09, 09:44

  First sign of 'Mr Chelsea' is leaving?

  Can he still be regarded as 'Mr Chelsea' even if he stays after this whole episode?

  So that recent holiday in Dubai with Mark Hughes did indeed happen...

• Ah@Quan

  13 Jul 09, 10:05

  If money is wad JT wants, den he's leaving. Or else he's stupid enough to leave when there's CL to play.

• dragg

  13 Jul 09, 10:59

  taylor will be a good signing regardless if terry stays.

   

   

• omgukilledkenny

  13 Jul 09, 11:03

  Not such a bad deal for a future England starter.

• marcteng

  13 Jul 09, 15:15

  steven taylor good meh lol.

   

  To me, he is maybe just above average defender.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  13 Jul 09, 15:48

  lolx it a bit too early ba, Ltr terry dun wan go..

• limpper

  13 Jul 09, 16:13

  he's good to me, his stats at fm also not bad

• brokenluv

  13 Jul 09, 18:01

  Originally posted by marcteng:

  steven taylor good meh lol.

   

  To me, he is maybe just above average defender.

  
  If he does well, he can become their backbone. Just like how ferdinand/vidic is to man utd and how carragher/skrtel is to pool.

• R3SsH|n

  13 Jul 09, 18:05

  he is good.

• duanyuqiao

  13 Jul 09, 21:59

  Originally posted by marcteng:

  steven taylor good meh lol.

   

  To me, he is maybe just above average defender.

  newcastle MVP for now..

• marcteng

  13 Jul 09, 22:03

  Upson better lar lol.