John Terry insists Antonio Conte's training at Chelsea is "tougher" than Jose Mourinho's.

The Italian inspired the Blues to the Premier League title in his maiden season in charge at Stamford Bridge despite switching to an unfamiliar 3-4-3 formation.

Terry, who joined Aston Villa last summer on a free transfer, insists Conte's preparation is extremely tough.

"[It's] not hard at all [to play under Conte]," Terry said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. "His training is very tough."

Terry added it was indeed more taxing than Mourinho's training sessions, with the Portuguese steering Man United ahead of the champions this term, though both trail Man City at the top of the table.

Terry still maintains a good relationship with Mourinho (
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Conte and Terry remained amicable despite the captain being a squad player (
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"Yes," Conte replied when asked whether the Italian's training was harder than Mourinho's. "Tougher than most, physically tougher, more demanding, a bit more running, which is normal for Italian coaches.

"Tactically a little bit more, but I think you can see, when you're a player, working 45 minutes to an hour every day on your tactics and you see that benefit at the weekend, you don't mind doing it.

"He's got a real good balance and he makes it enjoyable week in, week out."

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