adminLONDON. — In an interview with the Guardian, Jose Mourinho revealed how he’s made it a priority to clear up John Terry’s growing self-doubt. The now 32-year-old defender has been consistent fodder for explosive tabloid stories, he’s been stripped of the England captaincy twice (most recently after being cleared of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in court, but banned and fined for it by the FA), and he was frequently benched by interim Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez last season.
But with the return of Mourinho at Chelsea, Terry has had his playing time and form restored.
“He’s recovering his self-esteem,” Mourinho told the Guardian. In the last few years he was not playing a lot, he had problems on the pitch, he had problems outside the pitch, he had suspensions for different reasons, he had injuries, he had managers who didn’t trust him enough.
“And it looked like, at a certain moment, his career was going in the wrong direction. Even I was questioning, from far away, what was happening to this guy: physical problems, psychological problems, what is going on? I’m happy he’s proving he’s still a top player.” — Eurosport.
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