CITY target John Terry's Chelsea future will be decided today when Carlo Ancelotti moves into his Stamford Bridge office.

The Blues are not backing off from their pursuit of the England skipper and could up their offer to £40m with a £180,000-a-week salary making him the top Premier League earner. As revealed in M.E.N. Sport last month, Blues owner Sheikh Mansour has told club officials that he wants the Chelsea man as a figurehead.

Chelsea reacted with derision to City's offer of £28m plus a waiving of the fee for Daniel Sturridge, which was tabled late on Thursday night.

But that is sure to be the opening shot in a fight for the services of Terry, whom the Sheikh wants ahead of next summer's World Cup finals.

The Sheikh feels England will have a successful tournament and, if that happens, wants it to be a City man lifting the trophy a la Bobby Moore.

That idea has also gained favour with City's kit manufacturers Umbro, who also have lucrative deals with England and with Terry himself.

New Chelsea boss Ancelotti will make it his priority to clarify Terry's position. When City made their first move for Terry last season, it was rejected out of hand and Terry made it plain that he did not want to leave.

But, since then, the Blues have shown their ambitions by signing Gareth Barry and Roque Santa Cruz and moving to the brink of landing Carlos Tevez, Samuel Eto'o and Joleon Lescott.

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