John Terry, 35, says he may be finished with Chelsea at the end of the season after revealing the club is not planning on extending his contract. The big question surrounding the player is where next? He has been linked with clubs in China and the Middle East. But the obvious move for the defender is MLS. His odds of moving to a MLS club is 4/6, according to SkyBet.

Terry has recently revealed he will not play for another Premier League or even an European team so he won’t have to play against Chelsea. He also told The Daily Mail newspaper back in December that he wasn’t ready to retire and that he was keen on a move to the United States. Both announcements have prompted soccer fans everywhere to believe that he will follow in the footsteps of former Chelsea and England team-mates Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole as well as former England team-mate and former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard by making the move across the Atlantic and to MLS. Match of the Day pundit and former Liverpool player Mark Lawrenson spoke on Match of the Day about how he believes that Terry “will jump across the Atlantic” and become the latest English player to join MLS. Graeme Le Saux, former Chelsea and Southampton defender, added to this by saying it was a disappointment that he was leaving but he believes that Terry will have other opportunities if he leaves, especially in the United States.

He won’t be short of offers from American clubs, with LA Galaxy and New York City FC almost guaranteed to be on the interested list. He could also be approached Miami’s MLS club, the team that former England team-mate David Beckham could debut in 2018. In a recent poll conducted by The Telegraph on where their readers think Terry will end up playing next season, 3% said Qatar, 7% thought Real Madrid, 13% thought at a Chinese club but a staggering 72% of people think we’ll be seeing Terry in playing in MLS next season. A similar poll conducted by The Mirror’s website says that 5% think he’ll move to either a Qatari club or to Italian side Inter Milan, 8% voted for him to move to China where he could make up to £20m within a year, 11% voted for him moving to Manchester City even having said he wouldn’t join another Premier League team but again a move to MLS was the fans number one pick with 70% of the vote.

Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney disagrees that MLS is a retirement league. He told The Guardian that “From an outside perception, the league is making progress, the league is a magnet for younger and younger players to come here, and continue to build a career, and continue to keep doors open for their national teams, and continue to grow as players.”

Terry could bring a lot of experience to any MLS side. He is the top scoring defender in Premier League history with 40 goals. He also holds the record for players with 25+ goals with the highest percentage of headed goals with 67.5%. Only Ryan Giggs, Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes have played more league games for a single club than Terry has with 477 appearances for Chelsea under his belt. In his 21 years at the club, he has made 696 appearances in all competitions scoring 66 goals in total. He won the Premier League with Chelsea in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2015. He has three League Cups to his name, winning in 2005, 2007 and 2015. He’s also won 5 FA Cups with the London based club in 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012. One of his greatest achievements whilst at the club is beating the best teams in Europe to be named Champions League winners in 2012. Last season, he made 49 appearances for the club in all competitions and scored 8 goals. He has been Chelsea’s captain for 12 years and was England captain for five years before retiring. He was also named PFA’s Player of the Year in the 2004/5 season becoming the first Blues player to do so.

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In a recent interview with The Guardian, Terry said “I feel as though I’m in great nick, I’m playing well and I’ve got a couple of years to go. It’ll just have to be elsewhere.” Some may wonder if the ever fastening playing style of MLS is too much for someone who is closing in on retirement to handle but at the end of the day MLS has taken a lot of its playing style from the Premier League. The way the playing style differs most between the two leagues is that the Premier League’s style is more tactical. Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink explained to The Guardian, “John is doing perfectly in his performances. He can carry on, of course. He’s very fit. His ambition is enough to carry on,” he added “I like very much the way he’s playing and that he’s committed to the team. He’s not what you normally see in a 35-year-old, that you feel you are getting a bit slower.” This statement makes moving to the fast paced style of MLS a promising prospect for Terry.

The defense of most MLS teams is relatively weaker than those in English teams. The richer teams tend to spend more money on finding and signing a big name striker. As a renowned defender in one of the best leagues in the world, this supposed lack of good defenses could play into Terry’s favor. It will certainly be a challenge for him but he will be viewed as a great asset to any team in MLS. However it would most likely mean taking a pay-cut. Former Chelsea and England team-mate Ashley Cole earns only £4,000 a week at LA Galaxy. Terry is currently earning £150,000 a week at Stamford Bridge.

Terry’s favorite option would be to stay on at the Chelsea. However, despite interim manager Guus Hiddink suggesting that he could stay, he says there has been “no communication” between him and the club. Chelsea will live on in his heart though with Terry saying, “I’ll never forget my memories here and they will live with me forever.”