Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce believes John Terry will have no shortage of suitors in the Premier League should he leave Chelsea this summer.
Terry could have played his last game for boyhood club Chelsea after the centre-back was sent off in the final minute of the Blues' 3-2 loss away to Sunderland on Saturday, which will keep him out of the club's final two games of the season through suspension.
Chelsea have not yet offered their long-standing captain a new deal, with his current contract expiring this summer, meaning fans may not see Terry play in a Blues shirt again.
The 35-year-old has previously insisted he will not join another Premier League side, but Allardyce believes Terry will have plenty of clubs to choose from should he want to stay in England.
"It’ll not be his last game in the Premier League because somebody else in will take him if he wants to stay here," the Black Cats boss said.
"Or he might feel, like David Beckham did, that he won’t play for any other club in the Premier League and go venturing far and wide, because there’s that many places like America and China that will take a John Terry."
When then asked whether Sunderland would be interested in signing Terry, Allardyce said: "I’m not interested in anybody until we’re safe."
Despite uncertainty over Terry's future at Chelsea, midfielder Nemanja Matic appeared to hint on Saturday that the Blues skipper will not stay at the club past this season.
"We know what he has done for this club and what he has won," Matic said.
"All of us in the team wish him all the best for the future. Of course this is not a good way to finish in a club, but we don’t forget what he won and what he has already done."
