Chelsea starlet reveals how ex-Blues captain John Terry influenced his football career, says “I have spoken with him and he has trained with us a few times”

Chelsea defender Marc Guehi has been tapping his hero John Terry for advice as he tries to make his way in the game.

The 19-year-old has impressed on his first three outings for the Young Lions this season and also made his senior debut for the Blues in the Carabao Cup last month.

He is another promising youngster coming out of the Stamford Bridge academy and Guehi cites Terry as a major influence in his bid to become a regular.

“He was a captain and leader at Chelsea all his life,” he said.

“I think he was underrated when it came to playing out with both feet.

“He was a great leader, a great defender and someone I definitely look up to. I have spoken with him and he has trained with us a few times.

“He told us to always be focused on what you do, communicating at all times and making sure you’re concentrated and that you’re having fun, enjoying what you do.”

Guehi has plenty of current players at Chelsea to look up to, given the emergence of the youngsters under Frank Lampard this season, report the Independent.

Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham are in the senior squad while Callum Hudson-Odoi is back with the under-21s this month after his Achilles injury.

“They’re role models for me,” Guehi added. “Mason, Fikayo, Tammy – they’re young players doing really well at the moment and that’s an incentive for even more young players at Chelsea to know that if you keep working hard, there are opportunities there.

“Hopefully (it’s not far for me). I just need to keep working hard and if I’m called upon, I need to make sure I’m ready.”

Guehi is set to feature for the Young Lions in an important Euro qualifier against Austria at MK Dons on Tuesday.