Benitez set to risk JT
Posted Saturday, January 19, 2013 by The Sun
COMEBACK TRAIL ... John Terry in training
RAFA BENITEZ will gamble on John Terry in a bid to stop the rot at Chelsea.
Skipper JT is set for a first start since November against Arsenal tomorrow.
Benitez said: “We are working very hard with John because it’s important to have players with character on the pitch.”
Terry, 32, has not started a first-team game since being carried off with damaged knee ligaments in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on November 11.
He has since managed 45 minutes for Chelsea’s Under-21 team and 10 minutes in last week’s 4-0 win at Stoke and is short of match fitness.
But boss Benitez, who has won just two of his seven home games in charge, said: “We have many players with experience but that doesn’t mean you are a leader. So it helps to have people with John’s mentality.”
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