Chelsea captain John Terry has reiterated that he has no plans to come out of international retirement and play for England again. 33-year-old Terry is enjoying a rich vein of form at the heart of Chelseas defence alongside current England starter Gary Cahill. It has been suggested that Terry could be in line for a recall ahead of the World Cup finals this summer, with England seemingly lacking depth in central defence. Following Chelseas latest victory over Tottenham, Sky Sports Glenn Hoddle and Jamie Redknapp suggested that Terry, on his current form, deserved to be part of Roy Hodgsons current squad for the World Cup finals this summer. However, Terry - who quit England in late 2012 because of the Anton Ferdinand affair, his international career is over - insisting that his team-mate Cahill is the main man for his country. My days are gone and it is down to Gary and the young boys to push on for our country, he told Sky Sports. He seems to get better every day, he is great in the air and reads it well, he is quick and he is the man for England going forward and has been excellent for Chelsea. We have struck up a great relationship, since he came from Bolton not only on the pitch but off it too, he seems to get better every game, and we do love playing together and he made his debut for England with me. But a lot went on with myself and England and I love playing for my country, and I was very proud to do that and captain my country twice, unfortunately things have changed and moved on and I am concentrating on playing well and hopefully keep us top of the league. City favourites Terry was speaking after Chelsea latest win which took them seven points clear at the top of the table, but he echoed Jose Mourinhos belief that Manchester City remain favourites for the Premier League title. I think we all agree - Manchester City are the strongest side, theyve shown that in games they performed, and theyve got games in hand as well, he said. Its great to have the points on the board at the moment, but for sure theyve got a bigger and better squad, a lot of firepower up front. They have a game in the week against Barcelona. If they go out (of the Champions League) it only strengthens their chances. All we can do is keep winning our home games and at times were not playing at our best but were still grinding out results and thats very much like the old Mourinho teams. He added: It was not easy, first half. I thought Tottenham had a game plan to stop us playing out from the back which worked. The manager made a change at half-time and second half generally we were a lot better. The tempo was a lot better.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:55:08 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015