What next for Terry at Chelsea?

It was 15 years ago this week John Terry first captained Chelsea. The Blues are now top of the Premier League but their skipper – who turned 36 on Wednesday – is currently out of the first-team frame. Here, we take a look at whether he can force his way back into Antonio Conte’s plans…

Chelsea’s impressive 3-1 comeback win over Manchester City on Saturday was their eighth consecutive Premier League victory and maintained their place at the top of the standings.

For the second week in succession they turned the tables on a title rival, after seeing off London neighbours Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea’s current run of fine form has had many drawing comparisons with the record-breaking Blues side which stormed to a first championship triumph in 50 years in 2005, as well as the 2014/15 champions, who won the Premier League comfortably.

Four-time winner John Terry was central to both Chelsea’s first and most recent Premier League titles but, 15 years after he was handed the captain’s armband for the first time, the inspirational skipper is watching on as his team-mates thrive without him.  

When Terry suffered ankle ligament damage in the 2-2 draw with Swansea in September, the obvious question was: “How soon will he be back?” He is, after all, the club’s all-time most successful captain and, up until that point, was seen as an essential figure on the field.

Indeed, he impressed so much in the second-half of last season that then-England manager Roy Hodgson was quizzed on whether he would consider asking the centre-back to come out of international retirement for Euro …

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