John Terry reignites old feud with former Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez with brutal snub

Former Chelsea captain John Terry said Rafa Benitez was “definitely not” the best manager he ever worked with.

The Blues legend’s feud with the Spaniard is highly documented, as the pair never saw eye to eye during their short spell together at Chelsea in the 2012-13 season.

Benitez enjoyed a relatively successful eight months as Chelsea boss, taking over the reins from Roberto di Matteo and guiding the Blues to a third place finish and the Europe League title.

However, this was often achieved with Terry out of the starting line-up, as the five-time Premier League winner only made 14 league starts for the west Londoners.

And Terry highlighted his still lingering resentment when he was asked who his favourite Premier League manager was.

“Definitely not Rafa Benitez, that’s for sure,” Terry quickly replied when talking to the Ape Kids Club.

Albeit not quite as brusquely, Terry has previously opened up on the fractious relationship he and the former Liverpool boss shared during their brief time together at Stamford Bridge.

"We just didn’t get on from day one personally, to be honest,” Terry said to the Sky Sports ‘Off Script show’.

"Every meeting we had it was, 'Oh we used to do this at Liverpool and we done this'. You laugh but that’s what he used to be like, 'Just move a yard here'.

"I actually had to have a few conversations and say, 'Gaffer, you have to forget Liverpool, you can’t keep saying ‘we’, you’re at Chelsea now, it’s not going down well with the lads'”.

Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba also offered a fascinating insight into how Benitez and Terry used to come to blows in the Chelsea dressing room.

“Big players will take responsibility on the pitch but also off it when things don’t go the right