Terry urges Sky Sports to take over UCL coverage from BT Sport

This happened while the England and Chelsea legend was watching former club Chelsea play Porto, as John Terry urges Sky Sports to take over UCL coverage from BT Sport.

BT has aired Champions League matches since 2015, after outbidding then-co-holders Sky and ITV with an offer of about £1 billion.

The new Aston Villa assistant manager was following the broadcaster’s latest collection of European fixtures, which saw the Blues defeat their Portuguese rivals 2-0 in Seville thanks to goals from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell.

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Although the 40-year-old would be pleased with Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg performance, he seemed to be dissatisfied with the broadcaster.

Just 11 minutes into the game, he wrote on his Instagram account, ‘@SkySports please get hold of the Champions League,’ followed by a fist emoji.

In November 2019, it was revealed that BT Sport had secured the rights to the Champions League until 2024, at a fee of £400 million per year as part of a three-year contract. John Terry, on the other hand, will have to wait at least another three years before Sky Sports can reclaim the rights they shared with ITV between 2008 and 2015.