John Terry has revealed that he doesn’t care about Wayne Rooney’s comments over his attempt to injure a Chelsea player back in April 2006.
The Blues knew a win in the clash against Manchester United would win them a first Premier League title under Jose Mourinho, doing so in emphatic style.
Goals from William Gallas, Joe Cole and Ricardo Carvalho were all on the scoresheet and secured the league in a 3-0 drubbing at Stamford Bridge.
During the game though, former Blues captain Terry was on the end of a horror challenge from Rooney, which would later see the defender on crutches.
The former striker-turned-manager recently revealed that he intended to hurt a Chelsea player in the game, deliberately wearing longer, metal studs.
Speaking in his Amazon Prime documentary, Rooney said: “I always wore the old plastic studs with the metal tip and for that game I changed into big, long metal ones, the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try to hurt someone, to try to injure someone.
“I did it, because John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game... and a few weeks later I sent it to him and asked for my stud back!”
As a result of those comments, the FA have issued a warning to Rooney, to which he responded: “It is what it is. The FA...it was obviously reported, and they've had to look into it.
"I got a warning. That's it, it's done, we move on. The matter's closed and I'm pleased with that."
Terry, who was the recipient of the challenge, was also quick to move on from the topic of discussion.
When asked in an Instagram Q and A if he cared about the comments, the ex-Chelsea defender said: “Of course not. We know each other well enough and had many battles over the years.
“Two stitches at half time, there was no way I wasn’t coming out for the second half to win the league beating Man Utd 3-0.”
It should put an end to the saga, having resurfaced almost 16-years after the original tackle was made.
