Source: Daily_Mail
CHARLES SALE: £160k-a-week Chelsea skipper John Terry gets a paper round
Out of bounds: England skipper John Terry is not allowed to comment on his country in his column[LNB]John Terry has signed a six-figure deal with Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper to write a number of first-person columns this season, despite the sensitivity surrounding an England captain attaching himself to one media outlet. [LNB]Terry, aware of the controversy such a relationship could cause, discussed the arrangement in advance with the FA. They didn't object after being assured that all the columns will be about Chelsea rather than England issues. [LNB]Concern remains about players being under contract to discuss England matters during a major tournament and the squad received communications at their last get-together that no such columns will be allowed during next summer's World Cup finals. [LNB]Terry said last night: 'I found out for myself that there is no problem with the FA because I will only be talking about Chelsea. I wouldn't have done anything that disrupts the unity of the England squad. It wasn't an issue because England won't be under discussion.' [LNB]There had been talk that Terry's wife Toni would do a WAGs diary for the same newspaper during the World Cup. But it is understood the idea was quickly dismissed and wasn't mentioned during the newspaper negotiations with Terry, who is paid £160,000 a week by Chelsea. [LNB]Liverpool chief executive Christian Purslow was ridiculed at his first Premier League summit for speaking so strongly against accepting the recommendation of League boss Richard Scudamore to sign title sponsors Barclays' three-year renewal offer of £72m, which was turned down. [LNB]Barclays' revised £82.25m contract, agreed yesterday, proved City financier Purslow spectacularly right.[LNB] [LNB] More from Charles Sale... Arsenal share war: Billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Stan Kroenke set for takeover battle23/10/09 Arsenal WILL end this season with a trophy, insists birthday boy Wenger22/10/09 Charles Sale: A good deed by Newcastle bad-boy Joey Barton21/10/09 Charles Sale: Marcel Desailly signs on as a pundit for ITV's World Cup and Champions League coverage20/10/09 CHARLES SALE: Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon rules out move to new club19/10/09 CHARLES SALE'S SPORTS AGENDA: Blue Square in talks over whether to join football sponsor exodus and terminate Conference deal18/10/09 Charles Sale: Nationwide anger over Becks' man-of-the-match farce16/10/09 CHARLES SALE: You can't do both jobs, Triesman is told15/10/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVEEngland manager Fabio Capello appeared genuinely interested yesterday in the thoughts of Super Bowl-winning American football coach Mike Holmgren when they shared a panel at the NFL sport summit along with England cricket's Andy Flower and rugby's Martin Johnson. [LNB]Capello was enthused enough to ask questions about Holmgren's methods. The irony is that Capello's predecessor Steve McClaren was intending to visit Seattle to learn from Holmgren until the wheels came off his tenure with defeat in Croatia. [LNB]Meanwhile, NFL fan Johnson, who watched Holmgren work while he was at the Seahawks, revealed that one of his coaches, Jon Callard, had been to Weymouth to pick up organisational tips from the GB sailing team's 49 class. [LNB]Every year in the debrief after the NFL Global Sports summit - held in London before their Wembley match - there is a debate about how to make the media experience better following complaints about the oppressive security presence laid on by the NFL. [LNB]So what happened yesterday? Even more NFL bodyguards were called in to guard delegates, all of whom can make up their own minds about talking to the press. [LNB]Princess Anne, speaking at the conference, started her list of sporting superstars with New Zealand equestrian rider Mark Todd, which wouldn't have been everybody's choice, although her second name, jump jockey Tony McCoy, will find plenty of support.[LNB] Beeb handbags FA bidEngland's besieged 2018 World Cup campaign are exasperated the BBC included the gift of Mulberry handbags to the wives of FIFA executive committee members, which is within the FIFA rules, in their 6pm and 10pm news programmes, yet ignored the announcement of the 60 football ambassadors for the bid. [LNB]The handbags story was reinforced by shadow sports minister Hugh Robertson calling it a 'massive misjudgment'. This would be the same Hugh Robertson who will join the 2018 board if the Conservatives win the General Election. [LNB]Those in the sports industry in need of jobs tend to be ever present during the autumn run of networking conferences. [LNB]Intriguingly, Peter Kenyon and Simon Greenberg, the chief executive and director of public affairs of Chelsea, who are both leaving the club, have been conspicuously present at the latest couple of business summits. [LNB] Explore more:People:Peter Kenyon, Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello, Andy Flower, Simon Greenberg, John Terry, Martin Johnson, Hugh RobertsonPlaces:Liverpool, London, Seattle, New Zealand, United Kingdom, CroatiaOrganisations:National Football League
