malling pays tribute to 'role model' Terry

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Manchester United defender Chris Smalling believes John Terry is one of the best role models any aspiring centre-back can have.


Terry, 35, has been at Chelsea for his entire 18-year professional playing career - besides a short loan spell at Nottingham Forest - but has announced that he is set to leave the club upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the season, with talks over an extension reaching an impasse.


However, as United prepare to face Terry and Chelsea on Sunday, Smalling has hailed the ex-England captain as one of the best defenders in the business.


"Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model," the 26-year-old told The Daily Mirror .


"Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.