Harry Redknapp: Sam Allardyce should bring John Terry out of retirement and make Chelsea star England captain

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Vaishali Bhardwaj27 July 2016

Harry Redknapp has urged new England manager Sam Allardyce to bring Chelsea captain John Terry out of international retirement and make him the Three Lions' skipper should he decide not to retain Wayne Rooney in that role.

"It’s a decision that I’ll make once I’ve got my feet under the table," Allardyce said. "I think I’ll wait until I meet the players.

"Put it this way, I still think Wayne Rooney has a massive part to play in the England side. I don’t think there is any doubt about that."

Redknapp, though, believes England lack leaders in the team and, if Allardyce does indeed opt to change his skipper, the only player worthy of stepping into the role would be Chelsea captain Terry, who retired from international duty four years ago.

"If you play Wayne Rooney, he’s got to be captain. If Rooney isn’t in the team it’s a scary thought," Redknapp told talkSPORT.

"I’m delighted Sam has got the job. I think he’ll do great. He’ll give it a real go but when you start looking at leaders, where are they in the game?

"Bring John Terry back out of retirement and make him captain.

"I don’t see anybody else in the squad who I would make captain in front of Rooney."

He added: "I watched a programme the other day about Euro 96. [The England team contained] Stuart Pearce, captain, leader.

"Sol Campbell, Tony Adams, Paul Ince, Teddy Sheringham, Alan Shearer – how many captains and leaders? Now you look at the squad and you can’t find a captain.

"I like Eric Dier, he’s a fantastic player. A very quiet lad who gets on with job but he’s not the captain of Tottenham so [I would] not [make him England skipper] at the moment. If Rooney is in the team and Dier is in the team, I go Rooney."

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