Terry: No one more qualified for Chelsea interim manager than me

John Terry believes there was no one more qualified than him to take on the interim manager role at Chelsea last season.

The Blues appointed Calum McFarlane as interim boss for the final six games of the season after Liam Rosenior was sacked less than four months after his arrival.

McFarlane also had two games in charge in January after Enzo Maresca’s dismissal, but overall, he won just one of his six Premier League matches at the helm (D2 L3), while his only other victory came in the FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United.

Chelsea finished 10th in the league at the end of a disappointing campaign, which also saw them lose 8-2 on aggregate in the Champions League round of 16 against Paris Saint-Germain and fall to Manchester City in the FA Cup showpiece. 

Terry, who made over 700 appearances for Chelsea and previously spent time as Aston Villa’s assistant manager, claimed he should have been offered the interim role.

He told Sports Uncensored: “When an opportunity comes up and a manager leaves the football club and Chelsea are looking for an interim manager, there was no one in the buildings, the academy building or the first-team building, that was more qualified than me.

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“More importantly, and above all of that, whether it was for one game or two games, there was no one more Chelsea than me.

“And again, it’s about touching the supporters, giving the supporters what they wanted at that specific time.

“I spent four years doing my badges, travelling up and down the country.

“I spent three and a half years at Aston Villa, being assistant manager to Dean Smith, living away from my family to enable myself to walk into a job or get a job. And I’m not talking Premier League level or Championship level.”