The Blues captain, who has spent his entire career at Stamford Bridge, will not have his contract renewed and will leave at the end of the 2015-16 campaign
Chelsea captain John Terry will leave the club at the end of the 2015-16 season but has vowed to continue playing.
Terry, who made his debut with the Stamford Bridge club in 2008, will not sign a new contract and will leave when his current deal expires at the end of the campaign.
The 35-year-old, who also captained England, has a long list of honours with Chelsea, winning four Premier League titles, the most recent of which came last season, as well as four FA Cup winner’s medals and the Champions League, in 2012.
But the current campaign has been an unhappy one for the Stamford Bridge club, with Jose Mourinho sacked as manager in December following a collapse in form, leaving the Blues in the bottom half of the Premier League.
Interim manager Guus Hiddink has managed to steady the ship, illustrated by Sunday’s 5-1 FA Cup win over MK Dons, but the Blues will now have to deal with the loss of their longstanding captain, who will continue his career elsewhere.
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