Manchester City are ready to go to £50 MILLION to prise John Terry away from Chelsea.
The Daily Mail says City will make a sensational last-gasp bid to sign Terry by offering the Chelsea captain £1million a month in wages.
Chelsea are growing in confidence that they can strike a deal to keep their talismanic central defender, but Mark Hughes has been told by City's owners to land the England captain 'no matter what it costs'. They would even be prepared to pay £50m to prise him from Chelsea.
Hughes will make his incredible offer in the next 48 hours.
City have already had two bids of up to £32m rejected for a player who will be 29 in December. They are prepared to increase Terry's current £135,000-a-week deal to a staggering £250,000, which is in the same league as the £200,000 a week net that Cristiano Ronaldo will earn in his first year at Real Madrid.
Terry, Chelsea's skipper, is believed to be tempted by the massive salary on offer. He is also known to be frustrated at the lack of big-name signings at Stamford Bridge.