Chelsea’s legendary duo John Terry and Gary Cahill have lifted the lid on a fuming row with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
John Terry spent over 18 years at Chelsea and made over 700 appearances for the North London club, winning four Premier League, five FA, one Champions League, and one Europe League.
Gary Cahill spent seven years at Chelsea and made over 250 appearances, winning two Premier League, two FA Cups, one Champions League, and two Europa League.
The two Chelsea legends became the most formidable centre-backs in the Premier League under managers like Antonio Conte, Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, and Jose Mourinho.
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According to them, Jose Mourinho stood out because of his cleverness and mind games. Gary Cahill has revealed Mourinho told them to o “f**k off” and would sign Raphael Varane and another top defender to replace them.
Asked on The Obi One podcast about his fond memories of Jose Mourinho, Cahill said: “I was taken aback. I was shocked by it, to be fair it p***ed me off massively.
“But you know what, that was him though wasn’t it? The mind games, he was clever with stuff like that.
“He knew he’d get a reaction, especially off the character of me and John, he knew that he would get a reaction and he did. I was fuming.”
John Terry also explains his side of the story on The Obi One podcast: “We did this possession game where me and Gaz played the ball into midfield. There’s no space to play it into midfield but you have to go through midfield to get into the other third.
“Me and Gaz are feeding it, it’s getting intercepted, we’re conceding goals and he’s stopped the session. I’m captain, Gaz is vice-captain and he says, “See you two, you can f*** off.”
“I’ll go and sign Varane and I’ll sign another top defender in the world and spend £100m and you two can sit on the bench and watch them. Me and Gaz were like, “f***ing hell we won the league last year!”
“We couldn’t believe it. Me and Gaz looked at each other and said, “Right, game on”.”
Gary Cahill, who also played under Maurizio Sarri later in his Chelsea career, realized he had no fond memories of him because he was out of the team and found his tactics confusing.
Gary Cahill added: “It was all tactical. What was Sarriball? I played it and I still don’t know what it is.
“He didn’t play me so – it was very standstill. He was a very superstitious manager. We would practice a centre, the ball being played back to the centre-back who would put a foot on it, and smash a diagonal.
“The restart of a game for example. We’d do that every Friday. You’re talking full on international players. That only needs one session, doesn’t it? It blew my mind.”
