Bruce: I nearly signed Terry!

Steve Bruce has revealed that he very nearly signed John Terry for a cut price £750,000 when he was the manager of Huddersfield. Chelsea were reportedly ready to let the defender leave on the cheap.

Bruce revealed: "I went to do my coaching badges at Nottingham Forest.

"David Platt invited me and Gianluca Vialli there.

"It was a cold miserable afternoon and I saw John Terry in his short sleeves rolling his shirt up, he was on loan there.

"I thought, 'Christ, he'll do me. I like him'.

"I was Huddersfield manager at the time. I bid £750,000 for him and Chelsea accepted it.

"But the boy didn't want to leave Chelsea at the time.

"I was close. At the death he didn't want to go.

"He's everything you'd want in a central defender, he's a born leader.

"On a day like today, a cold day in January, he was just like, 'Bring it on!'"