John Terry steps down from Aston Villa assistant managerial role

John Terry steps down from Aston Villa assistant managerial role

John Terry

Former Chelsea and England defender John Terry has stepped down from his role as Aston Villa assistant manager. The defender will now look to pursue his objective of becoming a manager himself.

The defender joined the club in 2017, as a player before joining the club in the position of an assistant manager in 2018 under Dean Smith. He remained understudy to Smith as Villa secured promotion during the 2018-19 season to the Premier League.

John Terry wants to pursue his objective of becoming a manager

John Terry as a player for Aston Villa

Terry confirmed his departure in an official statement on Villa’s website: “It has been a tremendous honour and privilege to have spent these last three years at Aston Villa, but I feel now is the right time to make the extremely difficult decision to move on.

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“I want to be as respectful to the manager and everyone at Aston Villa as I can and, having given my future serious consideration over the summer, I genuinely don’t feel it is fair to move into a new season without being certain of seeing that through.

“My immediate plan is to spend some quality time with my family and, thereafter, hopefully, take up some invitations to visit clubs and managers around Europe to develop my aim and objective of becoming a manager.“

As a player, Terry earned 78 caps for England and played a mammoth 492 games for Chelsea in the Premier League. During the 2017-18 season, he made 32 appearances for Villa scoring a goal in them.

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