Hughes defends Terry pursuit

20 July 2009 16:35
Mark Hughes has insisted he has nothing to worry about following suggestions that Chelsea could report Manchester City over their interest in John Terry. Chelsea announced earlier this month that they had rejected a second offer for Terry, making it clear that he is not for sale. Hughes is keen to strengthen his defence and has urged the England captain to consider taking up a 'new challenge' at Eastlands. Chelsea are reportedly so unhappy with City's pursuit that they may take the matter to the Premier League, but Hughes has dismissed any allegations of tapping-up. He maintains that it was Chelsea who made the subject public, while he has only spoken about Terry when asked. "I saw those reports but to be perfectly honest I am not sure where they have come from," he said on Sky Sports News. "We have put in a bid for a player from Chelsea. We didn't advertise the fact that we had gone in and we tried to keep it under the radar. "It wasn't ourselves that published the fact that we had made a bid for John Terry, it was actually Chelsea themselves. "They obviously wanted to put that into the public domain and ever since then I have just been answering questions about John Terry. "I don't think that is any basis to report either myself or Manchester City."

Source: SKY_Sports