Manchester City were close to signing John Terry from Chelsea at one point.

Former chief executive Garry Cook has admitted City were close to signing Terry in 2009.

They were given permission to offer the player a contract by Chelsea at the time.

But Terry rejected City's offer of a £200,000 a week, five year deal.

He opted to remain at Chelsea, the club he served for almost his entire career.

Cook told Sky Sports: "We went through the process [of signing Terry].

"[Chelsea chief executive] Peter Kenyon was there at the time and we had conversations with him, saying we'd like to do it and we'd like to have a conversation.

"I think he was probably more confident that he [Terry] wasn't going anywhere.

"We had conversations with John and he decided to stay where he was, and quite rightly so.

"But there was never a document ready to sign."