Terry discusses future manager’s role with Chelsea

LONDON – Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed he has held discussions with the club about becoming the team’s manager at the end of a new, nine-year deal.

The England captain said last month he was no further forward in his bid to extend his current contract at Stamford Bridge – but he remains adamant he wants to stay at the club for the rest of his career. The 26-year-old confirmed that talks had broken down but insisted the situation was not irretrievable.However, Terry has now revealed further details telling BBC’s Inside Sport programme he has ambitions to become a manager, ideally with Chelsea.”I’d certainly like to manage one day.When we were speaking about my contract with Chelsea we were talking about a nine-year contract maybe with an option to manage at the end of it,” he said.”That is certainly the way I want to go, I want to get my badges and then make that decision at the end of it.”Terry admitted he would like to see David Beckham – who he succeeded as England skipper – back in the national squad.”Of course.He’s a great player.That is Steve McClaren’s decision to pick and drop players but he is still a world-class player.”Terry admitted England have been disappointing as they fail to impress in their bid to qualify for Euro 2008.However, the London-born defender cannot pinpoint the reason behind England’s poor performances.”The group of players have come out publicly and said we have under-achieved recently, we are not playing to the potential we can and that is the most frustrating thing for Steve McClaren.”We do that week in week out for our clubs but we get to that level and the lads are just not doing it and we take that responsibility ourselves and we need to improve – simple as that.Nampa-AFPThe 26-year-old confirmed that talks had broken down but insisted the situation was not irretrievable.However, Terry has now revealed further details telling BBC’s Inside Sport programme he has ambitions to become a manager, ideally with Chelsea.”I’d certainly like to manage one day.When we were speaking about my contract with Chelsea we were talking about a nine-year contract maybe with an option to manage at the end of it,” he said.”That is certainly the way I want to go, I want to get my badges and then make that decision at the end of it.”Terry admitted he would like to see David Beckham – who he succeeded as England skipper – back in the national squad.”Of course.He’s a great player.That is Steve McClaren’s decision to pick and drop players but he is still a world-class player.”Terry admitted England have been disappointing as they fail to impress in their bid to qualify for Euro 2008.However, the London-born defender cannot pinpoint the reason behind England’s poor performances.”The group of players have come out publicly and said we have under-achieved recently, we are not playing to the potential we can and that is the most frustrating thing for Steve McClaren.”We do that week in week out for our clubs but we get to that level and the lads are just not doing it and we take that responsibility ourselves and we need to improve – simple as that.Nampa-AFP