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Chelsea skipper Terry wary Man Utd young guns after his England place

Chelsea and England captain John Terry is switching his thoughts to Euro qualifiers this week.

As the England captain prepares to lead his country out against Bulgaria on Friday he is still taking no prisoners.

Terry insisted to The Sun: "I love playing for my country. I see it as the biggest privilege of my career so there's no way I'm going to volunteer to give that up.

"I want to go on for a good few years yet, for as long as I can. Put it this way, I've got 68 caps and I'd love to think I could get 100.

"There's not many players who've done that so it would be some achievement and it's definitely a goal. That's not to say I haven't looked over my shoulder to look at those challenging for my England place.

"I know there's some very good players who want my England shirt. Michael Dawson, Joleon Lescott, Ledley King, Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka for starters.

"And then there's the youngsters bubbling through like Phil Jones and Chris Smalling.

"I know I need to train hard and play well to keep my place.

"But I'm a realist too and one day I won't be required - but that responsibility is on my shoulders and I will work as hard as I can to put that day off for as long as I can."

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