Chelsea defender John Terry has worked hard on his fitness in the
last few years and wants to have a long playing career like former
Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs, the former England captain
said.Giggs called time on a remarkable 23-year, trophy-laden
United career at the age of 40 to take on the role of assistant manager
to Louis van Gaal last year.
The 34-year-old Terry played a big role in Chelsea's title run last season and has no plans to stop anytime soon.
"In the last four or five years I've done a lot of extra work, not just at the training ground," Terry told Sky Sports News.
"Putting
the effort in the gym, training ground, off the pitch and eat the right
food, I'm hoping to carry on as a long as possible.
"There's an opportunity you see with players like Giggs of playing until a very big age."
Terry
quit international football in 2012 after the Football Association
banned him for four matches when he was accused of making a racist
remark to Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand. He was cleared
of the allegation in a London court.
The central defender believes
quitting international football helped keep his fitness at a level
where he was able to play every minute of the London club's triumphant
league season.
Only four players, three of them goalkeepers, had
previously featured in every game of a Premier League title-winning
campaign before Terry.
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