Chelsea legend John Terry has now shared which manager he had at the club that he really struggled to see eye-to-eye on.

He told ‘Up Front with Simon Jordan’ that there was one coach he now think was thrown into the club to test the character of some of the senior players at Stamford Bridge.

Terry won a plethora of trophies during an extremely successful stint at Chelsea, with him doing his work under a number of top managers.

He worked under the likes of Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, who have achieved great things in West London and way beyond in Europe.

There have been some less popular figures who have come through the door too, with their stints at Stamford Bridge being far less popular.

One of those in question is Rafael Benitez, whose most successful spell in this country came with rivals Liverpool.

John Terry says he couldn’t get on with Rafael Benitez

Terry has claimed that this was always on his mind when he was at the club, with him just not able to get on with the Spaniard and his methods.

He said: “Benitez was always Liverpool. When you come into the building, like you say you have an opportunity very early to make an impression to the group. His first impressions were ‘At Liverpool we used to this, and Liverpool this, and Liverpool that’, so me and him were like that [clashing] right from the off.

“Did he [Roman Abramovich] throw Benitez in to test the waters a little bit? Maybe. I didn’t think it at the time but looking back now it was a strange move.”

The current managerial situation is about as messy as it has been in recent years, with Mauricio Pochettino under immense pressure in the hotseat right now.

The recent 5-0 loss to Arsenal saw some supporters lose the little faith they actually already had in turning things around.

It has been exclusively predicted to The Chelsea Chronicle that Pochettino will be replaced at the end of this season, with due diligence being done on a number of top bosses at this stage.

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