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John Terry has revealed that Rio Ferdinand once blanked him on a beach in Dubai after the ex-Chelsea captain had been accused of being racist to his brother, Anton.
The allegation was made by Anton following a game between Chelsea and QPR at Loftus Road in 2011. The ex-England captain, 43, was charged over the incident, but was cleared in court.
Terry has always denied abusing the ex-QPR centre back, but was hit with a four-match ban and fined £220,000 by the Football Association following the incident.
The former Chelsea defender, who was also inducted into the Premier League's Hall of Fame this week, recounted how he has subsequently tried to clear the air with Anton's brother Rio while speaking on "William Hill's Up Front With Simon Jordan Podcast.
'Since then I've tried to speak to Rio, who doesn't want to talk to me at all,' Terry said, when asked by Jordan on how he reflects on the incident.
Ex-Chelsea captain John Terry revealed that Rio Ferdinand blanked him on a beach in Dubai
It came after Terry (left) was accused of racially abusing Ferdinand's brother Anton (right)
Ferdinand, pictured with his partner Kate in Dubai, called Terry an 'idiot' in his autobiography
'I've seen him on the beach in Dubai and he refused to speak to me. I think it could have been addressed and dealt with a lot better if I'm honest.
'But he [Anton] went through a very difficult time, like I did, and the outcome was the outcome in the court of law. And the other one, the FA one, I don't really pay too much attention too.'
Terry was alleged to have called Anton a 'f****** black c***' with video footage circulating online.
The ex-Chelsea defender had claimed that he said to Ferdinand: 'Oi, Anton, do you think I called you a black c***?'
The game took place in October with Terry being charged for using racist language by the CPS in December.
His trial started in July 2012 and he pleaded not guilty before being acquitted. The FA then charged him for using 'abusive and/or insulting words or behaviour' which 'included a reference to the ethnic origin and or race
