Having recently spent time with Aston Villa and Leicester City in different coaching roles, Terry believes he and other first-team players were unfairly treated back in 2011.
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"So when AVB came in we went to Hong Kong I think and I am sitting in economy on a 13-hour flight," began the former England captain.
"We've got Josh McEachran, Nathaniel Chalobah and a couple other of young players all in first class. And this was part of AVB going 'No, no, no player is bigger than me, everyone's the same'.
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"So I'm on the plane going: 'No, we are not going anywhere until these young players go back in economy and the first-team players that have built this club to where we are today, go back in first.
Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas lasted just nine months in total at Stamford Bridge.
"AVB comes up. 'What's the problem?' I said we are not going anywhere until young players move. And to be fair to the young players they're going: 'Listen JT it is really uncomfortable, we'll go back'
"I said no it's not your decision, it has to come from him [AVB] and he has to own it. In the end, it spins and all first-team players fly first, younger players go back to economy, but he tried to make a statement on day one and he failed instantly because I promise you, the plane wasn't going and if it was going it would go without myself, Frank [Lampard] and Didier [Drogba].
In turn, it seemed as though the Blues deemed Villas-Boas the wrong fit, with the Portuguese boss lasting just 9 months before eventually being sacked in March 2012.
Last in charge of Marseille back in 2021, the 46-year-old never really hit the dizzy heights once promised from his successful spells with Porto and Zenit St Petersburg and thus an average managerial career developed.
Bio: Matthew is a freelance journalist and has currently racked up bylines for Manchester United, Manchester Evening News, GOAL and SPORTbible to name a few. A long-term sufferer of Scunthorpe United, he currently resides in the north-west after escaping the smog of North Lincolnshire.
