John Terry has never shied away from confrontation with Tottenham fans.
In May, the Chelsea legend, who departed as Dean Smith’s assistant at Aston Villa on Monday, had an entertaining altercation with a segment of the 10,000 Spurs fans in attendance at White Hart Lane as the his side ran out 2-1 victors.
Spurs fans’ taunted Terry by saying Ledley King was better than him, only for him to turn around and hold up an imaginary trophy in their direction.
And the Blues icon was once again at it on Monday morning.
The five-time Premier League winner posted a series of laughing emojis to a story which revealed that his former club will parade the Champions League trophy in a friendly against Tottenham next month.
Terry won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, a win which broke Spurs hearts in the process.
Tottenham, having finished fourth in the Premier League table, were hoping to play in Europe’s elite competition the following season.
And with Chelsea finishing sixth, the only way they could feature in the 2012/13 edition of the Champions League was by winning it – and they did in dramatic fashion.
Terry left Stamford Bridge for Villa in the summer of 2017, taking on the captaincy and going on to play 32 times for the midlands outfit in the season that followed.
He then returned as assistant head coach when Dean Smith took charge at Villa Park in October 2018.
The 40-year-old confirmed he now wanted to become a manager in a departing statement on Villa’s official website.
He said: “It has been a tremendous honour and privilege to have spent these last three years at Aston Villa, but I feel now is the right time to make the extremely difficult decision to move on.
“I want to be as respectful to the manager and everyone at Aston Villa as I can and, having given my future serious consideration over the summer, I genuinely don’t feel it is fair to move into a new season without being certain of seeing that through.
“My immediate plan is to spend some quality time with my family and, thereafter, hopefully take up some invitations to visit clubs and managers around Europe to develop my aim and objective of becoming a manager.
“It has always been my ambition to move into football management and, providing the right opportunity presents itself, I feel ready to take up such a challenge.”