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John Terry has admitted that he found it 'borderline offensive' to have been passed over by Chelsea for the interim manager role in favour of academy colleague Calum McFarlane. The Blues legend and former Aston Villa assistant manager has been outspoken at his disappointment about not having been able to play a role in supporting his club after the January departure of Enzo Maresca. Terry worked alongside McFarlane as part of Chelsea's youth set-up, but was not called upon by the club or the interim boss to support the first team in transition. But although previously critical of Chelsea's decision-making, Terry issued his fieriest condemnation yet. Discussing the appointment of Liam Rosenior as the west London club's permanent manager after McFarlane's first interim spell on Sports Uncensored, Piers Morgan posited that the defender might have found it 'borderline offensive that they would choose somebody so out of his depth, so amateurish, so kind of weird over someone like (Terry)', considering 'all (his) experience and the fact that blue blood runs through (his) veins.' 'Now Piers, you're 100 per cent spot on,' Terry responded, before adding: 'I've never thought that I could be Chelsea manager, (but) when a manager leaves the football club and Chelsea are looking for an interim manager, there was no one in the building, the academy building or the first team building, that was more qualified than me in terms of their qualifications.
