Chelsea captain John Terry's rumoured move to become player/manager of Brondby is off after the chairman of the Danish club announced he would not be standing for re-election - after he was caught slating the club's former manager on an internet forum.

Terry is close friends with current Brondby leader Jan Bech Andersen, according to the ​Express, and it was reported that the former England skipper could have been handed his first senior role when his contract with Chelsea expires in June. Both Terry and Andersen joked about it and it led to speculation, but Andersen is set to relinquish his position.





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Former Brondby head coach Thomas Frank ​announced his resignation earlier this month after learning club chairman Andersen had been criticising his running of the club - for several years - on a public fan forum, using a pseudonym. Andersen had said in a statement that he would not leave his position but has since changed his tune, publishing ​another lengthy piece on the club's website.

He wrote: "After careful consideration, I have decided not to seek re-election as chairman of Brøndby IF.





"It has been an absolute privilege, an honour, to be chairman of what in my eyes is the most unique and fascinating football club in Denmark. I have always said that I subscribe 100% that nobody is bigger than the club. The focus must always be on the club and not a single individual.

"Due to the large media focus that's been on my person the last few weeks, I have decided that it is best for the club that I did not seek re-election to the board.





"I want to make it crystal clear that my big financial commitment to the club as investor and co-owner is completely unchanged, despite the fact that I did not seek re-election to the board. I have always said that it is not important for me to be President, and no one should be in doubt that the club's welfare is the most important for me.





"In my case, I of course stepped beside communicating some opinions publicly, which I have apologised unreservedly for, but I would like to stress that the opinions and questioning is one thing, while concrete actions and decisions is something other."





Probably for the best. Though it'd have been a heck of a career move from Terry to have ended up in Denmark for his first manager's job...



















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