Nevin: Outgoing Chelsea skipper will make an amazing manager

Chelsea’s outgoing club captain John Terry may be refusing to hang up his boots just yet, but Blues legend Pat Nevin believes the 36-year-old is tailor-made to be a manager when he retires from playing.

Premier League leaders Chelsea this week confirmed that former England captain Terry would leave the club at the end of this season, after over two decades and 713 appearances for the Stamford Bridge outfit.

Terry has expressed his desire to continue playing, and certainly will not be short of suitors from elsewhere in the Premier League, the United States, the UAE, and China.

But Nevin – a fans’ favourite during his time with the Blues in the 1980’s when he made almost 200 appearances – is adamant that when the time comes, Terry and management will be a perfect fit.

“I suspect John will want to enjoy the last year or maybe two of his career, and to really enjoy that time, he has to be playing regularly,” he said.

“In my years watching, playing and commenting on football I have never met another individual who is so clearly cut out to be a manager.

“This is without doubt what he is going to do in the end. No one is a certainty to be successful in that particular job, but he is as close as you can get in my eyes to a stick-on.

“Even so, I think he is right to carry on playing a little longer. However good management is, it doesn’t touch being a player.

“So John, enjoy it, you have put in the time with Chelsea and you deserve the swansong wherever your heart desires.”