Source: Daily_Mail
Ancelotti: Terry will be at Chelsea forever and Zhirkov has signed, too
Carlo Ancelotti kicked off his Chelsea reign today by insisting John Terry is going nowhere.
Manchester City had a £30million bid for the Blues skipper rejected last week and are preparing to return with an even bigger offer.
One-club man Terry has yet to publicly commit his future to Chelsea but Ancelotti has vowed to keep the England captain.
The Italian boss, who has wrapped up the £18m deal for CSKA Moscow star Yuri Zhirkov, was speaking during his unveiling at Stamford Bridge this morning after his summer move from AC Milan.
'John Terry is a symbol of this team,' said Ancelotti. 'He will be captain next season. He said he wants to stay forever and we want to keep him for ever.
'Now there is a question of Man City, but for Terry - no price. Terrywill be at Chelsea forever. He said he wants to stay, there is no problem for him for us, the story continues - Chelsea and Terry.
'I like to have a captain like Terry, he is very close to Paolo Maldini for professionalism, for quality and he will be the best captain for Chelsea.
'I spoke with Terry a month ago when I came to the club and he said welcome. And after he went on holiday. I will speak with him because he is the captain and I want a good relationship with the captain.'
When asked if the club would offer Terry a new, improved contract, he added: It's not my problem.'
Ancelotti has also claimed that Deco and Ricardo Carvalho could stay at Chelsea after Inter Milan cooled their interest in the out-of-favour Portugal duo.
'Carvalho and Deco are Chelsea players,' he said. 'If in the future a player wants to go they have to speak with the club and we take the right decision for the player and for us.'
Inter president Massimo Moratti earlier told Gazzetta dello Sport: 'Deco and Carvalho? They are two champions but at this time I don't feel there's a need to buy them.'
Ancelotti, who has been linked with a mega move for Milan forward Alexandre Pato, claims he is in no rush to re-enter the transfer market after securing deals for Zhirkov, Daniel Sturridge and Ross Turnbull.
'We are not in a hurry. The market closes August 31 and if there is a good opportunity for us we can do it,' Ancelotti said. 'If there is not, at the moment we have a great team.
'Chelsea is a great team now, it is a team that did five semi-finals sin six years in the Champions League. If you can improve this it will be better for me and the club. Chelsea have a lot of chances to win.'
Ancelotti has also refused to rule out a return for Andriy Shevchenko with the flop striker due back for pre-season training this week after his loan at Milan - under Ancelotti - expired.
'Shevchenko is a Chelsea player and I'll speak with him,' he said. 'Shevchenko will come to London on July 9 and work with us at pre-season and in this moment we will speak with him to do a right solution for him and for us.'
