PROFILE_TERRY

TERRY THE STAMFORD BRIDGE'S SOLID ROCK Terry has been superb this season commanding Chelsea's defense and earned the right as one of the best defender in the world.He and England teammates Frank lampard have been generals for Chelsea in defense and attack respectively.However his road to the top is not easy.When Gianluca Vialli took Over the club frm Ruud Gulit they played a friendly match where young Terry delivered a mean tackle to him until a teammate said"You can't do that to him".Everybody waited for the response.At the end Vialli shaked Tery's hand and said "You are doing well", "That's the kind of commitment i want to see in this club".At the beginning,Terry found his path to the first team blocked by experienced Marcel Desailly so Vialli loaned him to Nottingham Forest to gain first team his experience.Terry did not waste his time there and by the time he was recalled by Chelsea they can see he had developed into a matured and commanding centre-back.At the time Ranieri tookover he became the vital first team player.And when Mourinho arrived he had already established himself as an England international so it didn't take a long time before Mourinho appoint him as the club's new captain.