Chelsea ready to offer John Terry new contract

JOSE MOURINHO is poised to offer John Terry a new Chelsea contract.

John Terry will be offered a new contract at Chelsea [EPA]

Terry scored his first goal of the season on Saturday to snatch a point for Chelsea in a hot-tempered London derby against Tottenham.

He struggled to gain a regular place in the side under Rafael Benitez last year but the 32-year-old has played every minute of the Blues' Premier League campaign this term.

Chelsea left it until the end of last season before renewing Frank Lampard's contract but Mourinho insists Terry need not worry about his future.

Jose Mourinho has been impressed with John Terry [EPA]

“He is a very good player and very good players have no problems with their contracts”

Jose Mourinho

The Special One smiled: "I think he always has a future the way he is playing - he has a future in here (at Chelsea), in China, or wherever he wants to have a future."

Terry was linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge during the summer with Monaco willing to offer him a tax-free salary of around £150,000 a week.
But Mourinho has made no secret of his intentions to keep the centre-half.

Terry found the net against Spurs on Saturday [EPA]

He added: "I have always told him from day one - don't speak (publicly) about signing a new contract, just speak about working very hard from a physical point of view so you don't have the same kind of problems you have had in the past two years and then you play regularly.

"He is a very good player and very good players have no problems with their contracts."