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9) John Terry

Players rejected Chinese Super League John Terry
John Terry decided to stay in England

Until the summer of 2017, John Terry was a one-club man. No other active player in the Premier League had spent more time at a single club than Terry had at Chelsea.

Having made his debut with Chelsea back in 1998, Terry made 717 appearances for the London club before he realised he could no longer play at the highest level - especially in Antonio Conte's system.

Terry had offers from the American MLS and China. His former boss Luiz Felipe Scolari even wanted to bring him to Guangzhou Evergrande in a big-money move.

But the former England skipper decided to stay in England and rejected the massive £12m wage packet to sign with Championship side Aston Villa instead.

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