Chelsea defender JT held the armband until Capello took
over from Steve McClaren at the end of last year. The Italian
(right) will finally name his choice as skipper on Tuesday after
trialling Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard and David Beckham in
friendlies.
Ferdinand is favourite but Terry admitted: “Of course I
want the England captaincy — I’d be mad to sit here and say no.
“I’ve been lucky to get the armband in the past and those memories
will stay with me for ever. “I’m sure whoever Mr Capello announces
as the captain will have the best day of his life next week —
whether it be myself, Rio, Stevie G or Lamps.
"The main thing is that England as a team move forward
and the captain helps drag them together. “Maybe I do deserve
another chance at the captaincy, but maybe Rio does, maybe Stevie G
does, maybe Lamps does. “We’re all at top clubs, playing at the top
level, and all feel deep down we deserve the armband.
“But it’s one man making the big decision Having seen
the players around the training ground he knows what he’s going to
get and whoever he chooses I’ll fully respect. “If it’s not me I’ll
walk up to the person, shake their hand and wish them
well.”
Terry was helping launch the Premier League’s campaign
to stamp out dissent and bad behaviour towards match officials. The
top-flight clubs have signed up to a charter vowing to show respect
towards referees.
TV monitors will be banned from the dugouts and refs
will hold meetings with the captains before games to thrash out any
potential problems. Terry admits he has been one of the worst
offenders with a history of haranguing referees.
The Chelsea star said: “I hold up my hands up. I
overstepped the mark a few times. “But it’s unfair to pick out one
person or one club. "I could show you 100 videos of different
players and different clubs committing offences. We’ve all done it.
“But that’s in the past now and we move on trying to make it
better.
“We still need the tackles flying in and the high tempo
in games to let games flow — that’s why we’re the best league in
the world.”
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