Terry meeting plans denied

Terry had first mentioned the idea of such a meeting after England’s shock draw with Algeria on Friday.

“We are in a meeting with the manager, whether he starts it or finishes it, the players can say how they feel and if it upsets him then I’m on the verge of just saying: ‘you know what? So what? I’m here to win it for England’,” said Terry.

“If we can’t be honest with each other there is no point being here.

“It has worked in the past at Chelsea. We have a responsibility to ourselves, the manager and everyone else to voice an opinion and hope he takes it on board.”

Terry also admitted that the squad were not as close as they could be.

“Maybe the togetherness has been missing at times,” said Terry.

“When things don’t go well it is important the group stays together.

“Usually everyone goes straight back to their room and stays there until the following morning. But on Friday, for the first time since the manager took over, he let us have a beer.

“We had one each, nothing more than that, and seven or eight of us sat there talking about the game. It was good to get things off our chest and express how we felt.”