Moved by hurt of seeing one of the best club owners lose his team, Chelsea legend, John Terry has blasted the UK government for taking away the Blues from Roman Abramovich, Softfootball reports.
Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003, leading them to multiple success domestically and in Europe but the UK government forced him to sell the club three-and-a-half year ago following Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Terry who captained the Three Lions most have been proud watching England beat Serbia 2-0 in the 2020 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday night but during his interview with Obi One’s official Podcast, he was more interested in talking about his relationship with the Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich. Terry said:
I think everyone had a really good relationship with him. I have to say one of the nicest people you could ever meet in your life.
The old training ground was a shit hole. And he came in and he was like, no, we’re not training there. And very shortly after that we bought Cobham, and he turned it into what it is today, giving us opportunities like that to perform on the best pitches, the best facilities, the best staff, improvements on the stadium.
The former Chelsea captain, who recently complained that modern football is getting boring made a scathing remark on the UK government for forcing Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea. He stated:
I think he’s one of the nicest people you could ever meet in your life. I think it’s disgusting what happened to him, I really do. I think as a UK government we should be embarrassed by our actions towards him.
What he did during lockdown and what he did for the NHS was sensational. He opened up Stamford Bridge to all the nurses and gave people homes during that difficult time. He was just a lovely, lovely man who loved our football club and thankfully turned away from one other football club and made the right decision to come west.
Here is a video of John Terry on the Obi One official podcast as he discusses his relationship with Roman Abramovich. Watch below.
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🗣️ ‘One of the nicest people you could ever meet in your life. The UK Government should be ashamed by our actions towards him.’ 💪
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— The Obi One Podcast (@obionepodcast) November 13, 2025John Terry spent almost his entire 19-year professional playing career at Chelsea, joining their youth system at age 14 and making his senior debut in 1998. He made 717 total appearances for Chelsea, making him one of only six players to cross the 500-appearance mark for the Blues and the most decorated captain in Chelsea’s history with 15 major trophies, winning 5 Premier League titles, 1 UEFA Champions League title in 2012, 5 FA Cups, 3 League Cups and 1 UEFA Europa League title in 2013.
