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John Terry insists Chelsea player power was a myth and says 'screaming arguments' between team-mates in the dressing room over dropped standards made life easier for bosses

John Terry has revealed that his Chelsea team-mates would have 'screaming arguments' in the dressing room but insists at no point did player power undermine a manager at Stamford Bridge.

Suggestions that captain Terry and other influential figures in the squad were actually running the show rarely went away during his 19-year, 717-game career for the club.

Managers such as Avram Grant, Roberto Di Matteo and Andre Villas-Boas were allegedly sunk by player power and in 2015, Terry even had to deny dressing room forces curtailed Jose Mourinho's second stint.

John Terry has again insisted that player power was a myth in the Chelsea dressing room
Terry (right) and Frank Lampard (left) were among a supposedly powerful group of players during the reign of Jose Mourinho (middle) and other managers

But Terry, who returned to Chelsea as a consultant coach in January, insists the likes of Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole and Petr Cech were not too powerful behind the scenes.