Chelsea legend John Terry aspires to manage the club one day and is planning to move up through their coaching ranks similar to how he did as a player. According to recent reports in the English media, the former England international has already started planning for life after he ends up retiring from football as a player and is plotting a return to Stamford Bridge in a coaching role which might help him in his quest of becoming the club’s manager someday.
The ex-Chelsea captain, who is now 37, has less than six months remaining on his contract with English Championship promotion chasers Aston Villa with his current deal at the West Midlands club set to run out in July. Terry made a move to Villa Park on a 12-month deal after ending his 20-plus years stay in West London. It is believed that the English centre-back aims to manage the Blues in the future and reckons his best opportunity to realise that goal will be by progressing up their coaching ranks — similar to how he did as a player.
The former Three Lions captain, who still resides in the Surrey town where Chelsea’s training ground is based, could be handed a chance to start his coaching career with the Blues at the end of the season as there might be a potential reshuffle, with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s future in major doubt less than a year after he won the Premier League title in his debut season.
Conte seems to be living on borrowed time at Stamford Bridge and he is expected to make a return to Italy next summer with recent speculation claiming that he is set to take charge of the Italian national team — the job he quit to move to Chelsea, a few years back. A change of manager could open the door for John Terry’s return to Chelsea in a coaching role.
Some sources are claiming that the centre-back feels he will be better equipped to fulfil his ultimate goal of managing Chelsea by sealing a return to West London first in order to start his coaching career, rather than taking a managerial job somewhere else. However, if second-placed Villa secures a promotion to the Premier League at the end of this campaign then the Villans boss Steve Bruce is likely to offer Terry a new playing contract — despite him turning 38 in December.
The 37-year-old defender has been a huge success at Villa Park this season and has played a major part in their recent seven-game winning streak which has aided them in their quest to earn an automatic promotion back to the top tier of English football. It remains to be seen whether he ends up starting his coaching career at Stamford Bridge in the near future.
