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Published 19:30 4 Sept 2018 BST
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Rodrigues has vowed to bring Terry to the Estádio José Alvalade if successful in the election.
Having missed out on both Claudio Marchisio and Yaya Toure, Rodrigues has identified Terry as the "great champion" he wants to lead the team.
"I'm very close to presenting players for Sporting already," Rodrigues told Sporting TV, as translated by the Mirror. "If I wanted to, I could present three players today. I just won't announce them because I can't go beyond certain limits.
"I'm negotiating by the penny. They are foreigners. A left-back, a striker and a great champion - all players who have no contract.
"I can say one because I've been caught up with him. It's John Terry, a great champion, a player who does not come to win games, but comes to win games in training. I cannot pay him what he's used to, but I think he's very close to being our player.
"Unfortunately we lost Marchisio, he would be Sporting's player if I was president last week. On Monday we lost one to Olympiacos."
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