He has played for club and country with broken noses, fractured cheekbones, concussion, dislocated elbows and busted feet.
He has swallowed his tongue, blacked out, gritted his teeth though a long-standing back problem and been punctured by more painkilling jabs than a pin cushion. But John Terry has been told that his gladiator days are over.
The player of whom it has been casually – and truthfully – said for so long that he would take the field even if there were bits hanging off him, has finally been ordered to slow down for the sake of his career.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti wants his skipper around for a long time, so there will be no more heroics. Terry, 29, returns for Premier League leaders Chelsea at West Ham today after taking a fortnight off to nurse a sore hamstring and missing two England games.
Ancelotti last night brushed aside any suggestions that Terry is cooling on his England career in the wake of a dismal World Cup and revealed he has ordered him to slow down.
Chelsea go into the game against struggling West Ham having scored a frightening 32 goals without reply in their last seven games stretching back to last April.
He has swallowed his tongue, blacked out, gritted his teeth though a long-standing back problem and been punctured by more painkilling jabs than a pin cushion. But John Terry has been told that his gladiator days are over.
The player of whom it has been casually – and truthfully – said for so long that he would take the field even if there were bits hanging off him, has finally been ordered to slow down for the sake of his career.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti wants his skipper around for a long time, so there will be no more heroics. Terry, 29, returns for Premier League leaders Chelsea at West Ham today after taking a fortnight off to nurse a sore hamstring and missing two England games.
Ancelotti last night brushed aside any suggestions that Terry is cooling on his England career in the wake of a dismal World Cup and revealed he has ordered him to slow down.
Chelsea go into the game against struggling West Ham having scored a frightening 32 goals without reply in their last seven games stretching back to last April.
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