Call yourself a hard man? Chelsea star John Terry goes soft with son's picture on his washbag

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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It is just the sort of personal item that can get a footballer a lot of stick in the dressing room - and give the opposition a lot of ammunition.So soccer hard man John Terry ran the gauntlet as he showed off his new wash bag en route to the Champions League final.The Chelsea captain has a picture of his twin boy Georgie John emblazoned on the side.

Big sissy? Chelsea captain John Terry carries his washbag onto the team bus with a picture of his twin boy Georgie John

A father's love: The defender's bag carries a touching family pose

Family man: John with wife and mother of his twins, Toni Poole

No doubt he has a matching bag with his daughter Summer Rose on the side. In fact one detects the hand of wife Toni as the children turned two on Sunday.Despite picking up an horrific dislocated elbow in the final game of the season at Stamford Bridge, the 27-year-old is set to lead his team out in Moscow tomorrow.He will be spurred on by the prospect of taking home a winner's medal to Georgie no doubt, but also the thought of putting one over Manchester United, the team who beat the Blues to the Premiership title narrowly.More than 40,000 English fans are expected at the match, where authorities have tried to prevent crowd trouble by banning alcohol in the Luzhniki Stadium.Meanwhile, bookmakers are predicting more than £20million will be wagered on the result, the most ever for a non-international game.United are 8/11 favourites with William Hill to win Europe's top prize for the third time. Chelsea, whose owner Roman Abramovich will be hoping for a win on home soil, have never won the competition.

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