Chelsea’s John Terry: ‘I am really proud to have been at one club and nowhere else’

Chelsea captain John Terry says he is proud to be able to call himself a one-club man, whilst revealing he would like to takeover the manager’s hotseat at Stamford Bridge in the future.

Terry joined the club as a 14-year-old and, bar a loan spell at Nottingham Forest as a youngster, the England skipper has only ever played for the Blues, insisting he cannot see himself featuring for anyone else other than the west London outfit.

“For me, you don’t see [one-club players] in this day and age,” he told Chelsea TV.

“You see a couple of the Man United lads and Stevie G [Gerrard] at Liverpool, but other than that you couldn’t count five people on your hand.

“It is a rare breed and I am really proud to have spent my whole career here.

“I have been fortunate enough to start at a very young age and to see different managers come in, big managers, and for me to keep improving.

“One because I have wanted to and secondly because I see this as my club and always will.

“When I finish playing I want to come back to Stamford Bridge and bring my kids to watch games and things like that.

“For me, I am really proud to be at one club and no other club. I could never see myself in another shirt anyway.”

Terry is the most successful Chelsea captain of all time, whilst he is currently sits fifth on the club’s all-time appearances list, and admits he would love to manage the Blues after he retires.

“I have learnt over the years from managers I’ve had and I have worked out [training] sessions from the last seven or eight years,” he said.

“I have got stacks and stacks at home. It is just a case of putting it into my way.

“Dennis [Wise] said about having your own people within and it is so important if you are a manager that you are controlling everything.

“It is all or nothing for me and if I don’t get the chance to take the reins on everything, that would probably make my mind up whether I do take a job if I get the opportunity.”