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Ex-Liverpool ace Redknapp ponders Man City move for Chelsea's Terry

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp has posed the possibility of John Terry potentially joining Manchester City this summer.

The 33-year old centre-back is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season which has prompted his future at Stamford Bridge to be questioned.

In his column for the Daily Mail, Redknapp suggested that perhaps City could make a strategic move by going after the former England captain this season in order to strengthen their defence while weakening Chelsea's.

'Terry, 33, can leave on a free transfer at the end of the season and Chelsea have only offered him a one-year deal, in line with club policy for senior players,' wrote Redknapp.

'He has enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career, so these tactics by Chelsea are a dangerous game of risk.

'I wonder if Manchester City would consider a daring raid. If they could pull it off, they get to weaken one of their rivals and they end up with Terry and Vincent Kompany in a mighty partnership.

'It would take a minimum two-year contract to drag Terry from Stamford Bridge, where you can imagine he would ideally like to finish his career as a one-club player. I can't see him leaving, but I can see City - who have tried to sign him before - enjoying the mischief.

'Terry in another club's shirt seems unimaginable...or does it?'

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