Gab’s pace was a pain says Terry

VILLA skipper John Terry has revealed he used to hate playing against Gabby Agbonlahor when he was at Chelsea.

JT was asked by the Villa website to name the best striker he had played against.

And he admitted: “You know what, I used to hate playing against Gabby.

“He was that quick, he was a nuisance actually and I have told him that.”

Terry also revealed he didn’t sleep for two days when he joined the club because he was so scared of singing an initiation song in front of his new team-mates.

“It was really intimidating being the new person, the worst thing about it was the song,’’ he said. “For two days I didn’t sleep!”

A video of the skipper belting out Stand By Me by Ben E King, while a guitarist strummed along, during the club’s pre-season training camp in Portugal, emerged on social media.

Speaking about the prospect of an initiation ceremony, the former Chelsea captain said at the time: “It will come back to bite me on the bum. I’ve sat there many a time laughing at the initiation ceremonies! Listen, it will be really different for me.

“It feels strange but at the same time I’m excited. I’ve been really lucky to be at one club all my career, this takes me out of my comfort zone, something I’ve never had to do, but I’m excited by it.”

Meanwhile, Steve Round has been linked with a move to Arsenal.

Round, who has been Villa’s technical director since September 2016, is reportedly on the Gunners’ radar.

Sources claim Arsenal are looking to appoint a sporting director to fill a void set to be created by the departures of chief scout Steve Rowley and transfer negotiator Dick Law.

Round has been tasked with overhauling the football department at Villa since arriving early in Tony Xia’s reign after completing a sporting directors Masters degree at Manchester Metropolitan University.

He started his career as a player at Derby County but became better known for coaching positions with Everton, Manchester United and England.