With a few days past since Wayne Bridge's departure for Manchester City, John Terry has had time to gather his thoughts.

The captain has always been close to the left-back since Bridge arrived from Southampton in the summer of 2003, at a time when two young careers were on the rise.

Since then Terry has made himself the first name on both the England and Chelsea teamsheets, while despite his undoubted class Bridge struggled to have the same impact, largely due to the form of Ashley Cole.

'He'll be missed and I'm still in shock a little bit, because it's a shame to see one of the lads go who you have grown up with and been with a long time. I'm disappointed but for him it was the right decision.

'We understand he's been here and tried to break in to become a first team regular but with him and Ash being the two best left-backs around by far, it was difficult for him to break through and get as many games as he liked,' Terry assessed.

'I think he felt at 28 he had come to an age where he needed to play week in week out, and he will definitely get that at Man City and show people he is right up there, as I said, with Ash.

'Once Bridgey starts playing people will realise how good he is,' he added, before touching on the levels of professionalism he showed while at the club.

'He was great to have around the place. A great professional too, coming in at eight some mornings to do an hour on the bike when he wasn't playing, just to keep his fitness there so when he was called upon he did well.'

Like many Blues supporters, Terry's own personal favourite moment of Bridge in a Chelsea shirt was that famous night at Highbury nearly five years ago, when in typical fashion he showed a burst of pace and energy, breaking into the Arsenal box to score the winner with two minutes remaining in the Champions League quarter-finals.

'It was a great night at Highbury and the fans have a great song about him there. They loved him as well, and the thing with Bridgey is he could play left-back or left-midfield and he is a great crosser of the ball and gets up and down, so we will miss him,' Terry explained.

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