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Former Chelsea captain John Terry is no stranger to his antics off the pitch making headlines - and it's happened again, this time moaning on a podcast about being made to fly in economy class.

Terry appeared on the latest episode of the Up Front podcast hosted by Simon Jordan, where he spoke about playing under Jose Mourinho, the worst moment of his footballing career, the current state of Chelsea and loads more.

But there's one clip that's been shared on social media which he's getting a lot of stick for.

Terry said former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas, who managed the club between June 2011 and March 2012, lost the dressing room on his first day because he ordered first-team players to fly in economy and not first class.

If people think players in Football Manager are unreasonable. \n\nThis is John Terry talking about how AVB lost the dressing room at Chelsea\u2026 because they refused to go in economy.
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Speaking on the podcast, Terry said: "So when AVB (Andre Villas-Boas) came in, we went to Hong-Kong and I'm sitting in economy on a 13 hour flight.

"We've got Josh McEachran, Nathaniel Chalobah, a couple of other young players, all in first class.

"This was part of AVB going 'no player's bigger than me, everyone's the same'.

"So I'm on the plane going 'no no, we're not going anywhere until these young players go back in economy and the first-team players that have built this club to where we are today go back in first.

"AVB comes up, 'what's the problem?'

"I'm going 'well we're not going anywhere until the young players move' and to be fair to the young players, they're going 'listen JT, it's really uncomfortable, we'll go back' and I'm going 'no no, it's not your decision, it has to come from... He has to own it'.

"In the end it spins so all first-team players fly first, younger players go back economy.

"He tried to make a statement day one and he failed instantly because I promise you, the plane wasn't going and if it was going, it would have gone without myself, Frank (Lampard) and Didier (Drogba)."

The clip has already been parodied.

Leaders don't fly economy
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And comments on a post on X / Twitter have laid into Terry.

@nocontextfm1 Poor man having to fly economy
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@nocontextfm1 AVB should have said to Terry: \n\nAre you a man or a Karen?
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@nocontextfm1 He\u2019s does a great job of making himself a completely unlikeable character.
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@nocontextfm1 how can anyone listen to this side with Terry?
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@nocontextfm1 Ah yes, John Terry who shacked a team mates missus, forced every manager that he had a problem with out of Chelsea and missed the penalty kick in the UCL final against Man United. What a weird fella he is.
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But others thought Terry had a point.

@nocontextfm1 Hierarchy and respect to senior team players
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@nocontextfm1 Well that\u2019s just not the point is it? It\u2019s a point of hierarchy and respect.\n\nAll players in economy, then get on with it. But academy players that need to earn their right getting treated above legends of the club, absolutely not.
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@nocontextfm1 Bang on. AVB in the wrong, JT right
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@nocontextfm1 A manager asserts his authority not by belittling his team members but by affording each of them their due respect. If JT\u2019s account of events is true, AVB is unfit to run a bath never mind a club.
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@nocontextfm1 People are missing the point. It\u2019s about respect and hierarchy. John Terry built Chelsea up from the ground, can\u2019t be disrespecting him on your 1st day.
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