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Terry holds talks with Chelsea

Author: Craig Williams
Date: 10/07/2009

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is to hold talks with John Terry aimed at ending the speculation surrounding the future of his captain.

Terry returned to the club's Cobham training base on Thursday morning to begin preparations for the new season and the first task on Ancelotti's agenda was to speak with the Blues and England skipper.

The 28-year-old defender is wanted by Manchester City, who have tabled two offers for his services during the close season.

New Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has set his sights on winning the Premier League title with the Anfield club.

The England right-back completed his £18million move from Portsmouth last month but met his new team-mates for the first time at the start of pre-season training on Wednesday.

Johnson is hoping to help the Reds - who are second favourites in the online betting markets - end their 20-year wait for domestic glory.

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The future of Manchester City target Samuel Eto'o remains unclear following an admission from Barcelona president Joan Laporta that he has been unable to speak with the striker.

City made a £25.5million bid for Eto'o last month and offered what was, in Laporta's words, a 'stratospheric' contract to the Cameroon international.

The 28-year-old striker suggested he was keen to stay with the Spanish and European champions and a new contract was believed to have been offered.

However, Laporta has revealed that he is yet to even speak with the former Real Madrid and Real Mallorca striker never mind sit down and thrash out a new deal.

Alisher Usmanov has questioned Arsenal's ability to compete financially with their main rivals following a boardroom split.

The Russian tycoon is the north London club's second-biggest stakeholder, but his proposal for a rights issue to generate more cash was rejected at a boardroom meeting earlier in the week.

Formula One's peace deal could be under threat after eight members of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) walked out of a meeting with the sport's governing body.

The FOTA members left a meeting with FIA at the Nurburgring on Wednesday when they were told they had no voting rights over the controversial budget cap and technical change proposals mooted for next season as they had not officially entered the 2010 championship.

Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP have denied the claim in what is the latest twist to the civil war which is threatening to rip the sport apart.

In rugby union, Saracens have confirmed that they will take on Northampton Saints in the Guinness Premiership at Wembley Stadium.

The game on September 12 has been switch from Sarries' regular 19,000-capacity Vicarage Road home to the 90,000-seater nation stadium.

The current record attendance for a club rugby union match is from last year's Heineken Cup semi-final between Leinster and Munster when 82,208 were in attendance at Croke Park.

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