John Terry speaks out on Chelsea crisis in video criticising club’s owners

Former Chelsea captain John Terry says he is “worried” about the future of the club and the “position we are in” following the sacking of Liam Rosenior.

Terry, who works as a part-time mentor in Chelsea’s academy, also confirmed he had not received a call about helping interim manager Calum McFarlane.

Rosenior was sacked just three months into a six-year contract and with Chelsea looking unlikely to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Under-21s coach McFarlane will take charge until the end of the season, having overseen the draw at Manchester City following the departure of Enzo Maresca earlier this campaign.

“I sit here worrying tonight about what is going to happen with our football club,” Terry said on his TikTok account. “Looking at us needing a manager after the weekend, I’m not sure when ownership are going to make a decision and bring a new manager in.

“Is a real top manager going to come to Chelsea Football Club at the moment in the position we are in? Can’t buy players, looking like we are going to have to sell potentially and that will be our best players, which is always tough. We will not be playing in European football, I hope I am wrong.

“[I’m] really, really frustrated, and worried more importantly. I feel the anger, feel the frustration of the Chelsea supporters.

“But listen, I’ve seen 17 managers in my era come and go as Chelsea captain. What the players have to do is just get together and really focus on the weekend’s game and forget about all the noise around and everything.

“We have a massive game, it is really difficult, but also really easy to do as players to forget the noise and focus on what’s ahead of you and that is the Leeds game at the weekend. We’ve seen this time and time and time again, but maybe the future isn’t as clear as we’ve always seen.”