John Terry and Eden Hazard travel to Amsterdam

John Terry, Eden Hazard and John Mikel Obi are part of a 25-man travelling party to Holland for the Europa League final against Benfica.

Both Terry and Hazard were withdrawn at Aston Villa on Saturday but join the squad that will train at the Amsterdam Arena on Tuesday evening ahead of Wednesday's match, while Mikel has missed the last four matches with a hip problem.



Ryan Bertrand is also on the trip despite a recent knee injury, meaning he will be hoping to complete a personal European double having made his Champions League debut in last season's final in Munich.



Oriol Romeu, who has not featured since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in December, also joins the trip, along with Nathan Ake who did not play in last night's FA Youth Cup final second leg.



Demba Ba travels, but he is cup-tied having played earlier in the competition for Newcastle.



Full squad

Petr Cech

Ross Turnbull

Hilario

Jamal Blackman

Paulo Ferreira

Cesar Azpilicueta

John Terry

Branislav Ivanovic

Gary Cahill

David Luiz

Ashley Cole

Ryan Bertrand

Ramires

Frank Lampard

John Mikel Obi

Oriol Romeu

Nathan Ake

Victor Moses

Marko Marin

Yossi Benayoun

Juan Mata

Eden Hazard

Oscar

Fernando Torres

Demba Ba

Terry: Jose is special

John Terry has paid tribute to Jose Mourinho and revealed that he is still in contact with the former Chelsea manager.

Real Madrid boss Mourinho has been heavily linked with a move back to Stamford Bridge in the summer after recently hinting that he wanted to return to the club, although no decision on his future has yet been made.

It has been almost six years since Mourinho's hugely successful spell at Chelsea came to an end, but Terry says many of the players have remained friends with the Portuguese.

"We send each other text messages and wish each other good luck," said Terry.

"He's interested in our results and in everything that happens at the club. And he's not only in contact with me but also with Frank Lampard and other players.

"Jose has a great relationship with our fans as we won the Premier League and other titles with him. They have clearly shown he is the man they want after everything he won and, for them, he is still the Special One.

"I can't say too much because he is still under contract with Real Madrid, where he's been winning trophies and now has the chance to win the Copa del Rey this season.

"But he's a top manager who I really enjoyed working under.

"He always thought about the whole squad, not just the starting 11. He explained things to you and demanded everything from you even when you weren't playing.

"We worked hard and you could also talk to him about personal problems. He was a friend and we were all sad when he left."

John Terry considers England return

Chelsea captain John Terry believes he is still one of the world's leading defenders - and it is understood he has not fully closed the door on an England return despite his acrimonious departure from international football.



The 32-year-old's influence at Stamford Bridge has waned this season as fitness concerns have seen him overtaken in the pecking order.



Yet Terry maintains he is as good as ever and is believed to be prepared to consider making himself available for England once more despite being stripped of the captaincy after being charged with racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand.



Any U-turn would be dependent on personalities in and around the squad, with Terry's resentment towards the Football Association evident last week when he rejected chairman David Bernstein's attempt to shake hands at the Champions League trophy handover.



Terry was cleared at Westminster Magistrates Court of making a racist insult to Anton Ferdinand, brother of his former England team-mate Rio, but was charged by the FA and banned for four matches.



Terry's belief in his ability remains as he enters the final year of his contract and he is prepared to wait for Chelsea to initiate discussions over a new deal.



Following the 2-1 Europa League semi-final win at Basle, Terry was asked if he is still as good a player after a decade of repelling the world's leading strikers. "Yes, I personally think that," he said.

"This year's been really frustrating for me, not playing and picking up the (knee) injury (against Liverpool in November).



"Initially it looked (like an absence of) two or three weeks, it turned out to be three or four months.



"I don't want to talk out of turn, but I'd love to stay at Chelsea. I'm happy to leave things until they come to me.



"I've got another year left and I'll definitely be here next year.



"It would be nice to get some silverware, get the season out of the way and maybe talk contracts in the summer."

The silverware available to Chelsea is the Europa League trophy and it is that tournament that has given Terry his opportunity - the defender described it as his "lifeline" - as Rafael Benitez has rotated his options in a congested calendar of fixtures.



Terry recognises he is not in the strongest position to go in search of a new contract and that, like Frank Lampard, who could leave this summer, time is catching up with him.



But whatever the future holds, Terry cannot envisage himself playing against Chelsea.

"It might be another year, or another two, I don't know," added Terry, who reiterated his support for Benitez's rotation system.



"It depends on my fitness and me staying in a good enough condition to impress the guys who make those decisions.



"I have got another year left which I will honour and respect, regardless if it's a yes or a no.



"Naturally it would be disappointing (to leave), but at the same time you understand that you can't be around forever.



"Where I would go after that it certainly wouldn't be in England. I couldn't do that to Chelsea or the fans. That's just not me."

Terry suggested the uncertainty over who will be Chelsea's manager next season has contributed to the doubts over his own future.



Terry does not anticipate interim boss Benitez will stay, even if Chelsea progress at Basle's expense next week and go on to win the Europa League final in Amsterdam on May 15.

"He's personally said he's here to the summer and that's it," Terry added.



"Whether or not he will (stay) I don't know, but it certainly won't do him any harm winning it."

While the clock may be ticking on his own position, Terry knows it is imperative Chelsea achieve their second short-term target - a return to the Champions League - as their pursuit of a top-four place continues against Swansea on Sunday.



Terry suggested the Europa League has had an adverse impact domestically, but that Chelsea are desperate to finish the season on a high.

"It's not served us well in the league," he said.



"It's obviously not where we want to be, but at the same time we're in it and we've had a lot of long journeys and travelled to some tough places.



"We are in it to win it. It's on our agenda as well as coming third or fourth and cementing that Champions League spot next year, which is essential to the football club."

John Terry on turkish clubs radar

Chelsea defender John Terry is being tracked by Turkish giants Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, with the Istanbul pair aware that the 32-year-old’s contract will have just 12 months left to run this summer.



According to Turkish sports daily Fanatik, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are both firm admirers of Terry’s talents and spy an opportunity to tempt the former England captain to the Super Lig.



Terry has recently been the victim of squad rotation at Stamford Bridge this season and the veteran stopper appears to no longer be guaranteed a regular starting spot with the Blues.



The defender has insisted he is happy with the state of play at Stamford Bridge, but the opportunity to join a growing legion of former Premier League stars in Turkey could be a tempting one.



Galatasaray reached the Champions League quarter-finals this season and boast former Chelsea star Didier Drogba amongst their number, while Wesley Sneijder is now pulling the strings from midfield for Fatih Terim’s men.



Across the Bosphorus, Fenerbahce are also performing impressively, through to the Europa League semi-finals, where they face Benfica in the first leg of their tie this evening.



The Yellow Canaries are home to former Premier League performers Dirk Kuyt and Raul Meireles.



Terry would no doubt be offered a lucrative contract to head to Istanbul and start a foreign adventure in Turkey’s rapidly improving Super Lig.



The former England international is a product of Chelsea’s youth system and has enjoyed a hugely successful stint at Stamford Bridge, picking up three Premier League titles, five FA Cups, two League Cups and, memorably, the Champions League last season.

Terry to discuss new deal

Chelsea defender John Terry says he will open talks with the club over a new deal in the summer.

The 32-year-old, who has one year remaining on his current Blues contract, has been linked with a move away from the club.

The former England captain told the Evening Standard:

"People have to realise that I've got a year left at Chelsea after this. People have spoken about no new contract and this kind of thing but it's not even on the agenda at the moment.

"They may sit down with me once the season has finished and we'll start talking then. Whether it's a yes or a no I'll continue to give my very best until my contract finishes."

Terry has suffered from a knee injury this season that has hampered his involvement with the first team.

He has also been used in rotation along with David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill by interim manager Rafa Benitez.

"I have had to focus, dig deep and do a lot of sessions on my own in the gym, which was tough and new to me because it's the first long injury that I've had," added Terry. "But I'm fit and I'm well now and that's the main thing.

"I will continue to do everything I can, whether I play or don't play, to move this football club in the direction that we want to be."

Terry made his professional debut at the club in 1998 and has gone on to claim 11 major honours.


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Terry snubs FA chief Bernstein

John Terry has refused to shake the hand of Football Association chairman David Bernstein at a ceremony in London.



Former England captain Terry came face-to-face with Bernstein at a ceremony where Chelsea handed the UEFA Champions League trophy over to the City of London ahead of May's final at Wembley.



Bernstein greeted other players from the Chelsea squad at the ceremony at Whitehall, but Terry appeared to snub the chance to shake hands or speak to the FA chairman.



There has been an uneasy relationship between the pair since Bernstein stripped Terry of the England captaincy last year over the Anton Ferdinand race row.



Asked what his relationship was like with the FA and if he shook Bernstein's hand, Terry told Sky Sports News "No, listen, it's a difficult one for me. Obviously he went and spoke about me in the court case and I don't want to talk on it.



"It is probably a subject we should maybe just avoid."



Bernstein failed to recognise he had been snubbed by Terry.



"I didn't even notice that," he said. "I didn't notice anything.



"My relationship with everybody in here is really fantastic, I didn't notice a thing. I think we should talk about more positive things than that sort of nonsense."



Asked how he would describe his relationship with Terry, Bernstein admitted: "A little distant."



Pushed on could the relationship be repaired, Bernstein added: "I don't know, I am not really terribly concerned to be absolutely honest.



"I have got other things to think about in my last three months, I have other priorities."

Terry: Team comes first

John Terry refused to dwell on losing his place in the Chelsea starting line-up after making his goalscoring return to the team.



The club captain has found himself behind the likes of centre-backs Branislav Ivanovic, David Luiz and Gary Cahill, who is currently injured, in interim boss Rafa Benitez's plans.

But Terry on Wednesday night started his first Premier League match since 30th March and scored two goals in the 3-0 win at Fulham to give Chelsea a major boost in the top-four race.

After the game he insisted he was happy to do what is best for the club, as he told:

"All I can do, if I am not first or second choice, is obviously take my opportunities like tonight and try and impress the manager on a daily basis.

"If he decides to go with the other two [players], then so be it. It is down to me to work hard and get back in this very good team."

The victory over Fulham moved Chelsea above Arsenal in third place in the Premier League with a game in hand while they are also three points clear of Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.

And Terry has demanded all of his squad-mates prioritise success in Chelsea's six remaining league games, along with a Europa League semi-final, over their personal interests.

"It is very important we stay focused and do not get too down about not playing games," he said.

"Obviously that [in the team] is where we all want to be but, at the same time, we appreciate there are a lot of games coming up."