After being released by Chelsea, former England captain John Terry has signed for Aston Villa on Monday.
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Former Chelsea and England Captain, John Terry
Former Chelsea and England captain John Terry has joined Championship side Aston Villa, the club's owner said on Monday.
"Welcome JT to Birmingham city...Aston Villa!@AVFCOfficial Announcement shortly!,"
Tony Xia posted on Twitter in a sideways dig at the club's cross-city
rivals, Birmingham City, who had also sought to sign the 36-year-old
centre-half.
Terry became a free agent at the weekend after 22 years at Stamford
Bridge where he played his entire career in the Premier League.
The Birmingham Mail and other papers reported Terry had signed a
one-year deal and already flown to Villa's pre-season training camp in
the Algarve to meet his new teammates.
He made his final appearance for the champions in May, leaving to a
guard of honour 26 minutes into the game to correspond with his shirt
number.
But, despite interest from West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and
Bournemouth, he has been persuaded to drop down to England's second tier
by Villa manager Steve Bruce.
Villa are former European Cup holders who were relegated from the
Premier League in 2016. Despite spending heavily under Chinese owner
Xia, they failed to gain instant promotion and finished a disappointing
13th last season.
-Reuters (Reporting by Neil Robinson; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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