Terry recently penned a one-year deal with the Birmingham-based club after ending a 22-year association with his boyhood club Chelsea.
Spink, who kept goal for Villa between 1977 and 1996, feels Terry embodies the same force of personality as the legendary Irish centre-back and will become an asset to manager Steve Bruce.
“It’s a different era but there’s certainly a comparison between John’s arrival and what Paul McGrath did for us,” he told the Daily Star. “Macca was a silent assassin. He wasn’t massively vocal but he did his talking through the way he played. He was outstanding for us. “John Terry will be more vocal and more of a dressing room presence who will demand 100 per cent from his team-mates every game.”
Aston Villa great Nigel Spink has backed John Terry to replicate the impact another club legend in the guise of Paul McGrath made at Villa Park. Villa will become only the third different club Terry has turned out for since turning professional in 1998. Aside from Chelsea he spent part of the 1999/2000 season on loan at second division Nottingham Forest where he registered nine first team appearances.
But, it’s of course, with the Blues where he made his name as a no-nonsense central defender who led by example thus earning the moniker “captain, leader, legend”. He leaves Stamford Bridge having accumulated 717 appearances, managing 67 goals and in the process, and lifting a plethora of trophies including five league titles all as captain a Premier League record.
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