John Terry: Managing Chelsea my one last dream at Stamford Bridge

John Terry said becoming manager of Chelsea is his one last dream to achieve at Stamford Bridge.

The former Blues and England captain is a Chelsea legend, having won Premier League and Champions League trophies among a lengthy list of honours during a distinguished career.

Terry played under the likes of Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Antonio Conte at Chelsea and racked up 717 appearances for the club.

Now 44, Terry has had a spell as assistant manager at Aston Villa and has worked as a coach in Chelsea’s academy.

However, Terry – unlike his great friend and former team-mate Frank Lampard – has not yet had the opportunity to be Chelsea manager.

Speaking on his official TikTok account, Terry said: “I don’t know if it ever happens to be honest, it is my one last dream I’ve got at the football club to achieve.

“I’ve done everything at Chelsea and for me now, the one thing that is missing is being manager of the football club, hence why I went into coaching after I finished, because my dream was to go out and learn my trade a little bit.

“You retire after 22 years playing and listen, 100 per cent you learn enough to go into management, playing the level I played at and the managers that I played under.

“But it doesn’t give you the right to just go into management at a certain level, you have to learn and understand what it takes.”

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Terry says if he were to ever get the opportunity, he would look to employ top coaches to his staff.

However, he readily concedes that the opportunity to get the top job at Chelsea may never arrive.

“There’s a lot more that goes into the coaching side of it, so I went away, learnt my trade and then I had some unbelievable times at Villa, then left Villa to then be a number one,” he added.

“I thought I was ready, I think I would be a really good No. 1, I personally enjoyed the coaching side of it, but I never got the buzz off coaching. I want people around me that are better coaches than me.

“I never saw myself as an unbelievable coach, but I would get better coaches around me and then I’d like to lead like I did, the dressing room and the team.

“That’s what I have done for 22 years at the club, so I know I’ll be good at it.

“Will I get the chance? I am not sure without doing all the other bits, but when people keep telling me, ‘you’ve got no experience’, it’s difficult to fathom.”