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Chelsea defender Colwill: Terry return has been important

Chelsea defender Levi Colwill is happy club legend John Terry is back at the club.

Terry is currently working with the academy.

Colwill told the Daily Mail: "A really big thing for everyone – the staff and the players – is we always see him up in the canteen.

"When he was walking around at Chelsea when I was growing up, you think "there is the captain". He still has that aura. I can learn so much from him just from a casual conversation.

"This is a young squad. If I pick up that leadership part of him and add it to my own qualities I think I can help out a lot more. I do need to have a conversation with him."

Of his own development, Colwill says: "I see myself as someone that can pass knowledge on, even though I'm so young. I've done a season in the Premier League, played in the Championship, played in finals – I've done things. If I can give anyone a bit of advice, I'm going to be there and they can sponge as much as possible from me to make the team better."

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