John Terry has ambitions to manage Chelsea, but insists he is in no rush to take dream job

ByEurosport

Published 22/05/2021 at 10:13 GMT

Since retiring from football in 2018, the former Chelsea captain has been an assistant coach under Dean Smith at Aston Villa since October the same year. Terry admits he has turned down two managerial roles during his time at the Midlands club and is in no hurry to become head coach or manager at a club.

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John Terry says he has long-term ambitions to manage Chelsea one day, but believes he still has to develop as a coach before he would be in a position to take on his dream job.

The 40-year-old is currently looking to build on his coaching experience with the desire to transition into a head coach role, with the end goal being to take charge of the club he was at from 1998 to 2017.

“My ambition is very, very clear,” the five-time Premier League winner with the Blues told The Times.

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"There’s an end goal for me and that’s managing Chelsea Football Club. My team will be winning — hopefully — very honest, very organised, very well drilled, very well prepared and with a back four.

"I look at Lamps [Frank Lampard] and Stevie [Gerrard] and the success they’ve both had. Lamps in his first season at Chelsea, and what Stevie’s done up at Rangers is unbelievable. l probably wasn’t ready to go into coaching then. I am now.

"But I’m not just going to jump into anything. I’ve turned down two jobs since I’ve been here. Decent-sized clubs. But it’s going to take something special for me to leave here.