How John Terry played happy families on theme park day out with wife, his future mistress and Wayne Bridge

By Christian Gysin

Happy families: Terry and daughter beside Bridge, brunette Vanessa and blonde Toni

Surrounded by pushchairs, a proud father raises his baby daughter aloft watched by his partner and another couple during a visit to a theme park.

This was the happy family scene when John Terry and Wayne Bridge could still call each other friends.

Terry, his future wife Toni and their twin children were joined in April 2007 by Bridge, his girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel and their baby son Jaydon at Chessington World of Adventures


Doting daddy: Terry raised his child aloft like the trophies he has won with Chelsea


Since then Bridge and Miss Perroncel have broken up, she has had an affair with Terry which allegedly led to an abortion and Toni has walked out on him while she considers whether to seek a divorce.


Striding out: Terry followed by Bridge and autograph hunters

At the theme park, the two couples were trailed by a long line of children, some wearing England shirts, begging for an autograph from the two Chelsea stars.

But yesterday it was Miss Perroncel hoping to write her signature - on a £250,000 contract to sell the story of her five-month affair with the England captain.

The 28-year-old former lingerie model spent part of the afternoon with publicist Max Clifford, discussing if and when she might sell her story.

The £250,000 offer is understood to have been made by a Sunday newspaper and there is also talk of TV interview and magazine deals being arranged.

Wearing a vest top and designer tracksuit bottoms, Miss Perroncel posed in the doorway and car park of a health club in Surrey, fiddling with her hair and giving photographers ample time to capture their shots.

Mr Clifford said she was '50-50' over whether to sell her story and was upset at some 'untrue things' said about her in recent days.

Terry, 29, was said to be preparing his own big-money offer to buy her silence.

The Daily Mail has been told that he has 'begged' Miss Perroncel not to reveal details of their relationship, which came to light on Friday after a judge lifted an injunction preventing its being reported.

It is said to have taken place at the home Miss Perroncel had shared with Bridge in Oxshott, Surrey, before the player was transferred to Manchester City last year.

A well-placed source said: 'Vanessa is still deciding what to do and is unsure about everything at the moment. John Terry has been in contact with her and has been begging her not to do a media deal.

'He is quite desperate to buy her off - effectively pay her to keep quiet about everything.'

Terry has also been in regular contact with his wife, who at the weekend flew with her children and parents to Dubai, where the couple spent their honeymoon in June 2007.

A source close to the player told the Daily Mail: 'Toni just wanted to get away from all the fuss. John has been speaking to her and is desperate to save their marriage. At the moment talk of her filing for divorce may be premature.'


Vanessa Perroncel at a health club today where she met her publicist to talk over potential press interviews


According to legal sources, Mrs Terry could expect to receive a large settlement and also take a major proportion of her errant husband's future earnings. Terry is paid £170,000 a week and is said to be worth around £20million.

Pressure remained on him to resign as England captain after Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe 'called into question' his role and pointed out the player's 'wider responsibility to the country'.

Wayne Bridge has said he will not even share a plane with Terry should both be picked to play for England in this summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. In recent days thousands of England fans have posted messages on football forums and websites urging manager Fabio Capello to sack Terry.

Others have claimed that Bridge himself will seal Terry's future should he tell the FA he will not go to the World Cup if the captain stays in his post. However Capello, who is recovering-from knee surgery at his Italian-home, is expected not to deal with the 'Terry situation' until he returns to Britain on Thursday. He has asked one of his backroom to speak to both Bridge and Terry in the meantime.

Last night the FA finally issued a statement confirming that Terry's future would be decided solely by Capello.

'Fabio is fully up to speed with developments,' it said. 'He is dealing with the matter in his own way using his extensive experience as a football manager.'



source: dailymail