JOHN TERRY left out the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez from his greatest Premier League XI without Chelsea players.
The Blues legend made his Monday Night Football debut last night to assess Everton’s 3-1 win over Swansea.
Working alongside former Liverpool rival Jamie Carragher, Terry was asked to pick the best starting line-up of players to have played in the Premier League – without including those from his old club.
Manchester United No1 David de Gea was given the nod in goal.
At right-back he chose ex-Red Devil Gary Neville and placed Carragher in the heart of the defence.
Carragher joked Terry was trying to land himself a full-time Sky Sports job by picking its two star pundits.
But Terry laughed: “Gaz Nev has to be in, best right-back.”
He added: “Listen, we (Terry and Carragher) didn’t play enough at England, I don’t think.
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“We played a couple of games, didn’t we? But I think, genuinely, we would have had a great partnership.”
But Carragher, pointing out England’s 2-0 loss in Zagreb when the pair started together, said: “It didn’t go too well in Croatia, did it?”
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United legends Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra made up the back-four.
In midfield, Terry chose Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard in the centre and Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs on the right and left wings respectively.
The debate over whether Scholes, Gerrard or Frank Lampard was the best in their position is one that will likely never be settled.
But Terry said: “I’m going to say Lamps, aren’t I? But I do think naturally Scholes was unbelievable. He did things I’ve not seen many players do. He was incredible.
“But having seen Lamps training, and seeing what he could do, he was unbelievable.”
Up front, Terry picked Wayne Rooney and “silent assassin” Thierry Henry.
He explained: “Coming up against Arsenal, he was so quick. He was the best by far. He had everything, like the silent assassin, could score with his head, go short, go in behind.
“Literally the night before games, he is the one player in my career where I’d be thinking: ‘It’s going to be a tough day tomorrow.’ Nobody but him had that effect on me in my career.”
Terry also insisted Jose Mourinho’s early Chelsea team would beat Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
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