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Tom Coley

John Terry's director of football ambition as Chelsea search for Marina Granovskaia replacement

John Terry's career in football is far from over and the former club captain has set his sights on a new influential role in the industry.

Far from heading balls coming into his own box or even teaching young players how to do it, Terry has now moved on from the on-field action in a search to understand and learn more about the technical and business aspects of clubs. Terry is still employed as an academy consultant at Cobham.

His move, which comes four years after his Aston Villa retirement, five years since he left Chelsea as a player and just over year removed from his assistant manager time with Dean Smith. Terry spent nearly three years in that non-playing role.

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