Leicester City boss Dean Smith is happy counting on assistant John Terry.

Smith, appointed last week, revealed that both Terry and fellow assistant Craig Shakespeare's desire to join him at City was one of the reasons he took the job.

"JT has already had a defensive meeting with the players where I just sat at the back," he told Sky Sports.

“He was showing clips of Man City and their goals, how they could have been defended better and the little details of how he does not like certain things, how we should react.

"These are the small details that others can miss."

Smith also said: “The main reason I took the job on was because Craig and JT wanted to come with me as well. I looked at the squad and I looked at the fixtures and I felt there were games there to be won, and points there to grab, where we can climb out of the bottom three.

"It's been a season I've not seen before in the Premier League where nine teams are involved in the relegation battle. The more we can keep in that, I feel it's not insurmountable to getting out of the trouble we're in."