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John Terry speaking with QPR's Anton Ferdinand (Pic:PA)
JOHN Terry faced fresh pressure last night after the Mirror uncovered damning details about the racism row.
He insisted he had actually said: “No, I didn’t call you a f****** black c***” after Ferdinand asked if he had used the offensive words.
But the Mirror can today reveal huge discrepancies between the pair’s accounts of events – with Ferdinand denying any exchange of words with Terry about racist comments during the match.
The QPR defender was unaware of anything Terry had said on the pitch until he was shocked to see the video footage for himself later on Sunday evening.
The £170,000-a-week Chelsea centre-back, who could be stripped of the England captaincy if the FA finds him guilty, will now face further calls to provide a fuller account over the controversy.
A source said: “Anton was shocked when he saw Terry’s statement claiming the pair had been discussing the racist comments on the pitch.”
Ferdinand has also told pals he “categorically denies” Terry’s claims that the pair were “cool” in the changing rooms later and that they had agreed the alleged racist rant was a misunderstanding – because the QPR man did not even know about it at that point.
TV footage of the incident was uploaded to YouTube even before the match had ended and the Mirror has learned an unnamed kitman entered the Rangers dressing room to tell Ferdinand that Terry had summoned him to the away team’s room.
Several other Chelsea players, including England left-back Ashley Cole, were there when puzzled Ferdinand walked in to see what Terry wanted to discuss.
The source added: “Anton went to Chelsea’s dressing room to see Terry, who explained some video footage on YouTube made it look as though he had said something racist. John asked Anton: ‘Do you think I racially abused you?’ But Anton had absolutely no idea what he was referring to and said ‘No’.
“Terry ex- plained that he thought Anton had complained to Ashley Cole that he had racially abused him. But Anton insisted he had not had any such conversation with Ashley. The only exchange QPR staff say there was is when Cole was overheard to say: ‘You can’t talk to JT like that’.
“Anton was angry Chelsea quickly tried to make out the pair discussed the racist comments after the match and agreed it was a misunderstanding. The truth is that when they spoke, Anton had no idea what Terry was talking about. He only saw the footage himself later that evening.
“Anton is a reasonable guy, he fully accepts things are said in the heat of battle and a simple up-front apology would suffice. But people around say this hasn’t happened.”
Ferdinand, 26, yesterday gave evidence to FA investigators probing Terry’s alleged racist rant.
He is understood to have told the FA – who visited QPR’s training ground – that he did not accuse Terry, 30, of racism. Police have also launched an investigation into the incident, which came as Chelsea crashed to a 1-0 defeat after they had two players sent off.
Footage shows Ferdinand catch Terry with his elbow late on. The pair then get caught up in a clash off the ball and are seen squaring up to each other.
Ferdinand can then be seen yelling at Terry as the Chelsea captain walks away. And Terry appears to mouth what some observers claim were the offensive words.
Meanwhile, Ferdinand has been subjected to vile racist abuse on Twitter following the controversy. A female Chelsea fan yesterday changed her profile setting to private after she was publicly accused of racially abusing him.
The Mirror told on Thursday how Terry’s team-mates had been slow to come to their captain’s defence.
The only person at the club to have publicly backed him so far is manager Andre Villas-Boas.
Yesterday the Chelsea boss, 34, was asked whether Terry was ready to lead Chelsea against Arsenal for another all-London clash at 12.45pm today and said: “I see no reason why not.”
The FA is under pressure to deal with the row before England’s friendly with Spain at Wembley on November 12.
Terry only regained the England captaincy in March after being stripped following allegations he had an affair with pal and former team-mate Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel.
After TV footage appeared to show the Chelsea and England skipper
calling QPR’s Anton Ferdinand a “f****** black c***” in Sunday’s London
derby, Terry claimed his words were misconstrued.
He insisted he had actually said: “No, I didn’t call you a f****** black c***” after Ferdinand asked if he had used the offensive words.
But the Mirror can today reveal huge discrepancies between the pair’s accounts of events – with Ferdinand denying any exchange of words with Terry about racist comments during the match.
The QPR defender was unaware of anything Terry had said on the pitch until he was shocked to see the video footage for himself later on Sunday evening.
The £170,000-a-week Chelsea centre-back, who could be stripped of the England captaincy if the FA finds him guilty, will now face further calls to provide a fuller account over the controversy.
John Terry speaking with QPR's Anton Ferdinand (Pic:PA)
A source said: “Anton was shocked when he saw Terry’s statement claiming the pair had been discussing the racist comments on the pitch.”
Ferdinand has also told pals he “categorically denies” Terry’s claims that the pair were “cool” in the changing rooms later and that they had agreed the alleged racist rant was a misunderstanding – because the QPR man did not even know about it at that point.
TV footage of the incident was uploaded to YouTube even before the match had ended and the Mirror has learned an unnamed kitman entered the Rangers dressing room to tell Ferdinand that Terry had summoned him to the away team’s room.
Several other Chelsea players, including England left-back Ashley Cole, were there when puzzled Ferdinand walked in to see what Terry wanted to discuss.
Ashley Cole
The source added: “Anton went to Chelsea’s dressing room to see Terry, who explained some video footage on YouTube made it look as though he had said something racist. John asked Anton: ‘Do you think I racially abused you?’ But Anton had absolutely no idea what he was referring to and said ‘No’.
“Terry ex- plained that he thought Anton had complained to Ashley Cole that he had racially abused him. But Anton insisted he had not had any such conversation with Ashley. The only exchange QPR staff say there was is when Cole was overheard to say: ‘You can’t talk to JT like that’.
“Anton was angry Chelsea quickly tried to make out the pair discussed the racist comments after the match and agreed it was a misunderstanding. The truth is that when they spoke, Anton had no idea what Terry was talking about. He only saw the footage himself later that evening.
“Anton is a reasonable guy, he fully accepts things are said in the heat of battle and a simple up-front apology would suffice. But people around say this hasn’t happened.”
Ferdinand, 26, yesterday gave evidence to FA investigators probing Terry’s alleged racist rant.
He is understood to have told the FA – who visited QPR’s training ground – that he did not accuse Terry, 30, of racism. Police have also launched an investigation into the incident, which came as Chelsea crashed to a 1-0 defeat after they had two players sent off.
Footage shows Ferdinand catch Terry with his elbow late on. The pair then get caught up in a clash off the ball and are seen squaring up to each other.
Ferdinand can then be seen yelling at Terry as the Chelsea captain walks away. And Terry appears to mouth what some observers claim were the offensive words.
Meanwhile, Ferdinand has been subjected to vile racist abuse on Twitter following the controversy. A female Chelsea fan yesterday changed her profile setting to private after she was publicly accused of racially abusing him.
The Mirror told on Thursday how Terry’s team-mates had been slow to come to their captain’s defence.
The only person at the club to have publicly backed him so far is manager Andre Villas-Boas.
Andre Villas-Boas
Yesterday the Chelsea boss, 34, was asked whether Terry was ready to lead Chelsea against Arsenal for another all-London clash at 12.45pm today and said: “I see no reason why not.”
The FA is under pressure to deal with the row before England’s friendly with Spain at Wembley on November 12.
Terry only regained the England captaincy in March after being stripped following allegations he had an affair with pal and former team-mate Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel.
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