John Terry is ready to launch his own podcast and wants to kick start it with as his first guest.

The ex-Chelsea captain has been retired for years and is now looking to start providing his own insight. The 44-year-old wants to begin a show to discuss all things football and will look to call upon the Special One to add some star power to his opening episode.

A host of former players have gone into the podcast . Terry's former team-mate John Obi Mikel has his own show, ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster provides his own sight whilst has his show which has featured the likes of .

If Terry entered that sphere he and Ferdinand could end up competing for viewers, listeners and guests. The defenders fell out after Terry was accused of racially abusing Rio’s brother Anton in 2011.

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A source told : “John is excited and has told friends there can only be one person as the first guest — and that is Jose Mourinho.”

They also went on to add: “John has seen a lot of players do their own podcasts and thinks he will have a lot of appeal. He’s a controversial character for some of his decisions on and off the pitch but isn’t afraid of tackling tough subjects. It’s likely his show will have a strong focus but he’ll go into other areas.”

Terry enjoyed a trophy-laden career, leading Chelsea to their first top flight success in fifty years when they claimed glory in 2005. He won numerous other honours, including the back in 2012.

Terry has appeared on podcasts since retiring. Last year he featured on Up Front with Simon Jordan, where he underlined his love and admiration for Mourinho, who still has an emotional pull for the Blues icon.

He said: “I think I owe him a huge amount for my career and the direction it went in. He still frightens me to death, when I see a video of him or he calls me out of the blue, but I’ve just got so much respect for him, for what he’s done for me and Chelsea. Chelsea means everything to me, so yeah, [I’m] very emotional.”

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