The Times are reporting that the club will owe John Terry £560k if he decides to retire or remains a free agent.
The defender was reportedly on £70,000 a week, but a little-known scheme introduced by the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee means he is entitled to his wages for June (£280k) as well as an additional month’s wages.
Fans on Twitter were not particularly sure what to make of the news:
no respect for Terry, if he truely cared for the club, which he doesn’t, he wouldn’t want anything – this money is nothing to him
— Liam (@Liiamcam) 20 June 2018
Who next, we owe Tim Sherwood £100 million because he’s failed to get a manager’s job after leaving us? #avfc
— Edward Payne (@edwardpayne96) 20 June 2018
Not Sherwood. Don’t be silly. Black, D Matteo, and the others, yeah
— Benno (@Bluewurst1875) 20 June 2018
— Rick ???????????? (@Rick_avfc) 20 June 2018
In other words, Villa won’t owe John Terry £560,000 this summer
— Sheikh_DatAss ???????? (@yOuAiNtNoCrOoK) 21 June 2018
He will go to Derby I think
— Daniel Minton (@djminton99) 20 June 2018
It’s ridiculous that this goes on in football, thanks agents! Different situation in many ways, but Man Utd are still paying Rooney.. and will be for sometime…….
— Riz Shiz (@Razor_Sharper) 20 June 2018
— Sarah (@slmissey) 20 June 2018
— Ravyj (@rav0604) 20 June 2018
Verdict:
Terry left the club early, reportedly to save the club money, so it will be interesting to see whether the Times report is accurate or not.
We remain in a precarious financial situation although the Telegraph reports that Tony Xia has managed to secure the money to pay tax bills and the payroll for this month.
There still remains a cashflow crisis at the club, and the owner is said to be seeking new investors in order to put us back on a sound financial footing.