Anton Ferdinand fury as Andre Villas-Boas backs John Terry

Posted Saturday, October 29, 2011 by The Sun

ANTON FERDINAND is furious with Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas.

The QPR star and his camp are angry AVB has continued to back England skipper John Terry publicly — before FA and police investigations have concluded.

Villas-Boas yesterday declared that "nothing happened" and it was a "big misunderstanding" and that the race row is "based only on speculation."

The Portuguese boss also insisted the country should be proud of Terry as he is the Three Lions captain.

Now the Ferdinand camp are thinking of putting out a statement early next week to put their side of the case publicly following the game at Loftus Road last Sunday.

Ferdinand faced the FA for two hours yesterday to give his side of the race row and will submit a written account on Monday. Terry also spoke with the FA.

A source said: "Anton and those close to him cannot believe Chelsea continue to back Terry publicly when they haven't conducted a proper investigation — like speaking to anyone at QPR.

"Now they want to put out a statement of their own after the weekend."

Terry, who faces Arsenal today, denies making racist comments during the club's 1-0 defeat at QPR.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, careful not to prejudge any investigation, says Terry should face FA sanctions if found guilty of racism.

Wenger said: "If John Terry is found guilty, he should be punished.

"I always found racism stupid. But I believe that England works quite well on that front and that sport has done a lot against racism and will continue, hopefully."