JT Flattered But Not Tempted

John Terry has claimed that while he was flattered to be wanted by Manchester City, he was never tempted to leave Chelsea for the big bucks on offer at Eastlands.

Despite an offer of a reputed £300,000-a-week by Mark Hughes' employers to prize the defender away from the Blues, JT insisted that 'Sparky' failed to ignite his imagination.

"If I'd been tempted I'd have gone," Terry told The Sun."I was flattered but that was it.

"The bid was [big] but I don't know what kind of figures would have been thrown at me.

"I got a call from [chief executive] Peter Kenyon and told him I was flattered but I didn't want to leave."

However, the Blues' skipper said that his decision was made based on assurances that the key players would not be sold.

"I didn't want the club to sell Didier Drogba but we'd heard all the rumours and I wanted these kind of players around me," he confessed."I wanted assurances they would be staying."