John Terry has previously backed Mauricio Pochettino to succeed at Chelsea, but Blues supporters have grown increasingly impatient with the former Tottenham Hotspur boss
John Terry has already revealed whether or not he would be open to becoming the next Chelsea manager. In December 2021, shortly after leaving Aston Villa’s backroom staff for family reasons, the former Blues captain began a coaching consultancy role at Cobham training ground.
The position required Terry to contribute towards coaching discussions, mentor academy players, and support parent dialogue. Then, in April 2023, he was appointed assistant manager to Dean Smith at Leicester City before returning to west London in the summer.
Terry has acted as a role model for Chelsea youngsters to look up to and seek advice from as they look to pave themselves a route into the first team. Since The 43-year-old got his feet under the table at the club’s Surrey training, numerous youngsters who earned their stripes at Cobham have made their senior debuts.
Lewis Hall, Harvey Vale, Bashir Humphreys, Alfie Gilchrist, Michael Golding and, most recently, Leo Castledine to name a few. Terry has enjoyed a fruitful spell behind the scenes at Chelsea after retiring from management.
However, the former England international has previously revealed that he would be open to coming out of retirement if asked to be involved in the first team in some capacity. Speaking to Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips last year, Terry said: “I’m done from a managerial point of view.
“The only job I’d come out of my kind of retirement for would be the Chelsea job – to be involved in some capacity with a first-team role. I love my role at the minute, working with the younger players. Because I’ve been through that process as a kid myself I’m passing on my knowledge to them, having loads of conversations with them.”
Mauricio Pochettino currently faces an uncertain future at Stamford Bridge following Chelsea’s defeat to Wolves on Sunday afternoon. While the former Tottenham Hotspur boss still has at least 18 months or so remaining on his contract in west London, Terry has been mooted as a potential successor by fans.
The former Blues captain added: “I want to play golf and have family time. I’ve not really told anyone why I left Villa but it was a family reason, to come back home and be with them.
“I always see myself as a coach in the long-term but there were better coaches than me at Villa, Craig Shakespeare and Richard O’Kelly. I went for a couple of managers’ jobs when I left and didn’t get them, got a bit deflated so I came away and I’ve spent a bit more family time.”
