Rubbish!
Tevez, when he was banging in goals for fun a couple of seasons back, named the best English defender he ever came up against, and it wasn't Rio or John "hang 'em high" Terry; it was Dawson.
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Cool story.
Ronaldinho - World Cup/Champions League/Serie A/La Liga winner, someone with a bit more pedigree in the game - named John Terry as the best English defender he's faced.
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