John Terry Is NOT Leaving Aston Villa – Smith

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has dismissed talk of his assistant John Terry leaving to take charge of Bristol City.

The former Chelsea centre-back has been touted as one of the top candidates to fill the vacant role at the Championship club.

Bristol sacked Lee Johnson this week after they went nine games without a win and they now sit three points adrift of the last playoff spot.

But Villa coach Smith says there is no chance Terry will abandon the Premier League side amid their fight for survival and doubts the ex-England star will be on the move this summer, either.

“I have spoken to John and he is fully committed to our cause here at Aston Villa,” he told Sky Sports.

“I don’t think we can look at the summer, we’ve got to look at now.

“They’ve got Dean Holden, a former coach of mine, in charge at the moment. He is working hard for his club and JT is certainly working very hard for me.

“We’ve got a very good relationship and we enjoy working together.”

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