I turned the tables on John Terry and three Premier League legends are better than the Chelsea icon, including Virgil van Dijk

Chelsea legend John Terry is only fourth in the list of the Premier League's greatest centre-backs of all time, with Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk ahead of him.

This is what former Rojos and Arsenal abroad Jermaine Pennantwho laughed that he gave the Blues major runarounds during their playing careers.

Terry is undoubtedly one of the most iconic players in Premier League history: winner of five league titles, five FA Cups, three EFL Cups and one Champions League and one Europa League crown.

He was also named Chelsea Player of the Year twice and included in the PFA Team of the Century, World Cup All-Star Team once, PFA Team of the Year five times, FIFPro World UEFA four times.

That's many times.

But the former England teammate Fernando River A small debate started this week that had many fans arguing why their club's current players and legends should be considered “world class”.

Ferdinand listed 12 players at the moment who can be given the nickname world class, and has led to the repetition of an old debate that has raged among football fans of a certain age in recent years.

While the rivals' supporters continue They discuss Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes and who was better, others have the same debate about Legendary Premier League centre-backsand whether any of the current players, specifically Van Dijk, would appear on the list.

Well, according to Pennant, the Reds captain absolutely does.

And talkSPORT pundit couldn't resist a dig at former opponent Terry when listing his top four, saying he turned the Chelsea legend “inside out” during a game when he was on loan at Leeds from Arsenal.

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When asked where Van Dijk ranks in the list of the Premier League's greatest centre-backs of all time, Pennant said: The sports bar: “I will give you four world-class centre-backs from the Premier League: Rio Ferdinand, Vincent Kompany, John Terry and Virgil van Dijk.

“I will take my Liverpool Take your hat off and say that Rio is number 1, Virgil is number 2, Kompany is number 3 and then, of them, John Terry is the last.

“If you said to me, 'Jermaine, you had to play any of these defensemen next week,' out of those four I say John Terry.

“I've seen John Terry turn upside down, so I'd rather play against him.

“I did it for Leeds, I scored against them, so… take a bit of that!”