John Terry’s 27th Minute Farewell Against Sunderland Could Land The Player And Clubs In Trouble
May 24, 2017 at 2:15 PM
Antonio Conte helped Chelsea to their sixth Premier League title in his first season in England but this season will leave a huge mark on Chelsea fans as they have lost one of the best players to ever put on a Chelsea shirt.
Club skipper John Terry, who failed to get into the first team under Conte this season, revealed that he will quit the club at the end of the season, and has already been linked with a couple of English clubs for a move in the transfer market.
The 36-year old English defender posted a farewell note on Chelsea’s official website but that was not enough for the club to honour his two-decade long services.
The Blues made sure that he will be remembered forever when they presented a guard of honour, in the middle of the first half of the game between Chelsea and Sunderland at the Stamford Bridge on the last day of the league.
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In what was his final appearances as a Chelsea skipper, Terry was substituted in the 27th minute, which saw his side provide a guard of honour for one of the best players to have graced the English game.
It was later revealed that the whole substitution was orchestrated and that Terry himself wanted it and asked the approval of the Sunderland fans before the game, but that may have just landed the clubs into trouble.
According to reports today, Terry’s early substitution saw a couple of punters win insane money on UK betting site Paddy Power.
The report reveals: “Three Paddy Power punters apparently won over £3,500 between them after the bookie offered odds of 100-1 that Terry would go off in the 27th minute.”
Though the Premier League is not really concerned about this, the FA are looking into this matter and have launched a probe into this incident.
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They are not investigating as such and have already received replies from some of the biggest betting companies in the country.
A spokesperson from Paddy Power said: “We replied to a novelty request for odds on John Terry’s substitution – and fair play to the three punters who were on at odds of 100-1.”
But William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly said: “As a responsible betting operator, we would never consider offering odds on a substitution, period.
“We didn’t receive one request on #yourodds on Twitter upon which we receive hundreds of requests a week,” he added.
As nice as it was to see Terry’s farewell, it will be an anti-climax if the FA find anything fishy with this incident.