Roy Hodgson puts Marc Guehi up there with John Terry

 Speaking on a BBC Sport podcast, Roy Hodgson told Wayne Rooney that Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise are the three best players he’s ever managed.

“I give you the names of three players. I mean Olise certainly is up there with Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerard amongst the best players I’ve ever worked with. Marc Guehi is up there with Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerard and John Terry as the best players I’ve ever worked with, and then Eze, he’s up there too.”

It’s a bold statement to compare these three players to the likes of Gerrard, Rooney and Terry, especially as they’ve achieved nowhere near as much as that trio.

However, it shows how good the former Crystal Palace trio must be.

Both Terry and Guehi emerged from the Cobham academy as natural organisers, with a rare vocal authority that belies their age.

Roy Hodgson’s recent comparison of the two highlights their psychological steel; like Terry, Guehi excels in high-pressure moments. This is something that we used to recognise with Thiago Silva, an exit that still haunts Chelsea to this day under Liam Rosenior.

On the pitch, both defenders share an ability to read the flight of the ball, prioritising positioning over recovery pace.

Their statistical profiles also align, with both maintaining pass completion rates above 90%, serving as the primary ball-progressors from deep.

For Chelsea fans, Guehi’s ascent represents the closest the club has come to finding a direct successor to Terry’s legendary captaincy.

Source: The Chelsea Chronicles