London, July 27 - England captain John Terry has finally ended his Manchester City hopes and confirmed that he would stay at Chelsea.

In a statement Sunday, Terry claimed that he was never planning to leave Chelsea and will push the south London club to sign new players this summer.

'There has been a lot of speculation recently about my future and I want to clear this up once and for all. I am totally committed to Chelsea and always have been. Chelsea have also made it clear to me consistently that there was never any intention to accept any kind of offer,' Terry said.

'When you are linked with any club or with a manager who I have huge respect for, it will always make headlines but me leaving Chelsea was never a possibility. I know there has been comment that I should have made a statement earlier. However throughout this period there have been numerous discussions between myself, the owner and the Chelsea board and we all agreed that the timing of any statement would suit everyone involved in those talks, not any outside influences or agendas,' he added.