Jose Mourinho: Terry 'is not a racist. That's 100%'
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has defended Chelsea captain John Terry after he was found guilty of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand, insisting "he is not a racist."
"We (Chelsea) had a squad where we had 12 African players in the squad. It was a fantastic squad and he had always a great relation with every one of them," he told CNN.
"Please don't say that he is a racist because I know what I am saying...Drogba will say, Geremi will say, Makelele will say, all of them will say that he is not a racist."
FA bans and fines John Terry over Ferdinand incident
John Terry has been banned for four matches and given a £220,000 fine for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, the FA have confirmed.
Potentially controversial decision taken away from FA
It seems Terry has predicted his own downfall and decided to dismount the horse now, rather than wait to be thrown off it.
Terry quits international football over FA racism row
John Terry ended his England career yesterday, on the eve of his Football Association improper conduct hearing.