John Terry has expressed his dismay at not getting more job offers and appears to have given up on managing Chelsea.
Since serving as an assistant at Leicester City in 2023, the former England captain has not had a first-team coaching role because offers don’t seem to have come through.
Terry had a stellar playing career, leading Chelsea to five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and the Champions League.
After a brief tenure at Aston Villa, where he also earned 78 caps for England, he retired and seemed destined to pursue a career in coaching.
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He was hired as Villa’s assistant head coach in 2018 after hanging up his boots, and worked with manager Dean Smith for three years before leaving. After that, he worked as a coaching consultant for Chelsea before rejoining Smith’s team at Leicester City.
Terry Dreams To Manage Chelsea
Quoted by the Daily Mail, Terry confessed his dream is to lead Chelsea, but he understands that he may well have to concede defeat on that fantasy.
He said: “I’m not sure it ever happens, to be honest. It’s my one last dream I have at the football club. I’ve done everything at Chelsea. And for me now, the one thing that is missing is being the manager of the football club.
“That’s why I went into coaching when I finished playing. My idea and dream was to learn my trade a bit. As a player, you retire after 22 years… Listen, 100 per cent, you learn enough to go into management.
“I want people around me that are better coaches than me. Then I could lead the dressing room and the team like I did [as a player].
“That’s what I did for 22 years at the club. I know I’d be good at it. Will I ever get the chance? I’m not sure, without doing the other bits. But when people tell you you’ve not got the experience, it’s difficult to fathom.”
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