Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has praised John Terry for taking the assistant coaching job at Aston Villa.

Chelsea legend Terry will meet his former mentor in the dugout when Mourinho's Tottenham visit Villa Park in the League on Sunday.

“Some [former] players, unlike in the past when you needed to prove yourself to get a job, in this moment you get a job without proving anything," Mourinho told Sky Sports.

“So he could have chosen that way. Waiting for a big call. But he didn't choose that way. He went the difficult way but probably the more stable way, being an assistant. Going to the Championship [then] coming to the Premier League.

“Taking time to reach what he wants to reach. It will arrive. So I am proud of the way he is doing things. We keep in touch when it's possible, when we have time and when big moments arrive."