Following Thursday's 2-1 Europa
League semi-final first-leg win at Basle, Terry was asked if he is still as
good a player after a decade of repelling the world's leading strikers.
"Yes, I personally think
that," he said.
"This year's been really
frustrating for me, not playing and picking up the (knee) injury (against
Liverpool in November).
"Initially it looked (like an
absence of) two or three weeks, it turned out to be three or four months.
"I don't want to talk out of turn,
but I'd love to stay at Chelsea. I'm happy to leave things until they come to
me.
"I've got another year left and
I'll definitely be here next year.
"It would be nice to get some
silverware, get the season out of the way and maybe talk contracts in the
summer."
The silverware available to Chelsea
is the Europa League trophy and it is that tournament that has given Terry his
opportunity - the defender described it as his "lifeline" - as Rafael
Benitez has rotated his options in a congested calendar of fixtures.
Terry recognises he is not in the
strongest position to go in search of a new contract and that, like Frank
Lampard, who could leave this summer, time is catching up with him.
But whatever the future holds, Terry
cannot envisage himself playing against Chelsea.
"It might be another year, or
another two, I don't know," added Terry, who reiterated his support for
Benitez's rotation system.
"It depends on my fitness and
me staying in a good enough condition to impress the guys who make those
decisions.
"I have got another year left
which I will honour and respect, regardless if it's a yes or a no.
"Naturally it would be
disappointing (to leave), but at the same time you understand that you can't be
around forever.
"Where I would go after that it
certainly wouldn't be in England. I couldn't do that to Chelsea or the fans.
That's just not me."
