Chelsea captain John Terry has announced he will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season after the club decided not to renew his contract.
The 35-year-old central defender has spent his entire career at Chelsea and last May won the Premier League title for the fourth time.
Terry was informed prior to last week’s win over Arsenal.
He said: “I was in last week before the Arsenal game and it (my contract) is not going to be extended.
“It’s not going to be a fairytale ending, I’m not going to retire at Chelsea.”
Chelsea have endured a season of struggle, with manager Jose Mourinho leaving for the second time in December, and now their talismanic skipper will be moving on.
There is one small glimmer of a playing future for Terry at Chelsea, if Mourinho’s permanent successor deems his services are required.
Terry added: “Ideally I would have loved to stay, but the club’s moving in a different direction.
“I needed to know now like I have done every January and sometimes it takes a couple of months to get done. Unfortunately, it was a no.
“They said that when the new manager comes in, things might change. It’s a no at the minute.
“It took me a couple of days to get over.”
Terry, who has made 696 appearances for Chelsea, has no plans to play for another English club, but his next destination is still to be determined.
He said: “I couldn’t play for another Premier League club. It will be elsewhere for sure.
“I don’t know where and I leave that to the people in charge.”
The former England captain, who joined Chelsea aged 14, added: “The club will move on. No player is ever bigger than the club.
“No doubt they’ll sign one or two great centre-backs.
“I want to come back as a Chelsea supporter in years to come with my kids and see the team doing great.
“Unfortunately that’s not going to be with me, but I want to see the team do well.
“It’s going to be my last year and I want to go out at the top.
“We spoke about my legacy and coming back to the club when I finish. The most important thing now is to get us up the league.”
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Teachers' pay - what you need to know
Pay varies significantly depending on the school, its rating and the curriculum. Here's a rough guide as of January 2021:
- top end schools tend to pay Dh16,000-17,000 a month - plus a monthly housing allowance of up to Dh6,000. These tend to be British curriculum schools rated 'outstanding' or 'very good', followed by American schools
- average salary across curriculums and skill levels is about Dh10,000, recruiters say
- it is becoming more common for schools to provide accommodation, sometimes in an apartment block with other teachers, rather than hand teachers a cash housing allowance
- some strong performing schools have cut back on salaries since the pandemic began, sometimes offering Dh16,000 including the housing allowance, which reflects the slump in rental costs, and sheer demand for jobs
- maths and science teachers are most in demand and some schools will pay up to Dh3,000 more than other teachers in recognition of their technical skills
- at the other end of the market, teachers in some Indian schools, where fees are lower and competition among applicants is intense, can be paid as low as Dh3,000 per month
- in Indian schools, it has also become common for teachers to share residential accommodation, living in a block with colleagues
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Tax authority targets shisha levy evasion
The Federal Tax Authority will track shisha imports with electronic markers to protect customers and ensure levies have been paid.
Khalid Ali Al Bustani, director of the tax authority, on Sunday said the move is to "prevent tax evasion and support the authority’s tax collection efforts".
The scheme’s first phase, which came into effect on 1st January, 2019, covers all types of imported and domestically produced and distributed cigarettes. As of May 1, importing any type of cigarettes without the digital marks will be prohibited.
He said the latest phase will see imported and locally produced shisha tobacco tracked by the final quarter of this year.
"The FTA also maintains ongoing communication with concerned companies, to help them adapt their systems to meet our requirements and coordinate between all parties involved," he said.
As with cigarettes, shisha was hit with a 100 per cent tax in October 2017, though manufacturers and cafes absorbed some of the costs to prevent prices doubling.
The drill
Recharge as needed, says Mat Dryden: “We try to make it a rule that every two to three months, even if it’s for four days, we get away, get some time together, recharge, refresh.” The couple take an hour a day to check into their businesses and that’s it.
Stick to the schedule, says Mike Addo: “We have an entire wall known as ‘The Lab,’ covered with colour-coded Post-it notes dedicated to our joint weekly planner, content board, marketing strategy, trends, ideas and upcoming meetings.”
Be a team, suggests Addo: “When training together, you have to trust in each other’s abilities. Otherwise working out together very quickly becomes one person training the other.”
Pull your weight, says Thuymi Do: “To do what we do, there definitely can be no lazy member of the team.”
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Director: Sriram Raghavan
Producer: Matchbox Pictures, Viacom18
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan
Rating: 3.5/5
