John Terry: I am 100 percent behind Andre Villas-Boas

Posted Wednesday, January 04, 2012 by YAHOO Sport

Chelsea defender John Terry has insisted he is "100 percent" behind under-fire boss Andre Villas-Boas and refuted talk of growing problems behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge.

Villas-Boas has endured a tough start to life since taking over the managerial reins from Carlo Ancelotti and recent reports had suggested some of the club’s senior players were becoming increasingly unsettled.

However, England captain Terry has stressed he remains fully behind the Portuguese tactician and denied claims he refused to join in celebrations with the 34-year-old during their 2-1 win at Wolves.

"I want to make it clear I'm 100 percent behind the manager. There are no problems behind the scenes,” Terry told Standard Sport. "The manager has made it clear the players who want to stay here will be here and the ones who don't can move on. I have seen on the news today that people are saying I didn't celebrate with the manager for the first goal against Wolves but I did.

"I ran over there and I was worried that Wolves were about to restart and take the kickoff and catch us on the break while we were celebrating. I had a quick celebration with him then after the game as well."

The victory at Molineux was Chelsea’s first in five games but Terry believes it has what it takes to embark on a winning streak, and also stressed that club owner Roman Abramovich is fully behind Villas-Boas.

He added: "From a results point of view we have been giving people an opportunity to write stuff. People tend to look at it a lot deeper than it is. At the same time we need to be winning a lot more which I'm confident we will do.

“First and foremost, the club is a lot bigger than any of us and will come before any of us from now into the future. He [Villas-Boas] has come in and changed a lot of things at the football club, not only on the football pitch but on the training ground as well.

"The one thing when he spoke to the players about Nico and Alex is that they had spoken to other clubs and going forward he said that he doesn't want players involved in the first team who are out there speaking to other clubs because they weren't thinking of Chelsea first and foremost.

"Roman [Abramovich] is fully behind him, the club as well and he is making these changes, not for the short term but for the long term as well.

“He is going to be the man in charge and we all have to respect his decisions. He has been very up front with all of us so we can't argue with what he's done."