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Chelsea legend John Terry has revealed how he could have been working at a Premier League club as manager.

Terry, who was previously assistant at Aston Villa, stated that he interviewed for the Newcastle United job a few years ago.

He was one of the names linked to the post when Steve Bruce was sacked by the club's then recently arrived Saudi Arabian owners.

When I left Villa, I applied for two or three jobs; I interviewed for Newcastle, and I interviewed for a couple before that I didn't get," began the 42-year-old on former team-mate John Obi Mikel's Obi One podcast.

It was a really good process for me because you sit in those meetings and you go 'actually, I'm way off this, I'm glad I didn't get it' and you learn how to present in those meetings.

Initially I didn't go to League One because I didn't know a lot about it, I'd never played there. That's why I ended up in the Championship because I'd played a season there, I'd coached a couple of years and I fully understood the schedule.

I applied for two jobs in League One and didn't get either of them. Interestingly enough, the owners for the teams I applied for told me they wanted to play like Man City. It was interesting, but nobody can play like Man City - Chelsea can't play like Man City!"

This article first appeared on Tribal Football and was syndicated with permission.

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