Tyrone Mings credits John Terry for his rapid growth | OneFootball

Less than nine months after initially joining Aston Villa, Tyrone Mings has earned his very first England call-up under Gareth Southgate after a string of outstanding performances.

After a stellar loan spell, Mings signed on a permanent deal from Bournemouth for £20m in a deal that could rise up to £25m after bonuses and he believes he wouldn’t be able to achieve his success without John Terry’s influence.

“He has developed my game for sure,” said Mings.

“I’ve been fortunate to work with some really good coaches over the years – [former Ipswich boss] Mick McCarthy; [Bournemouth manager] Eddie Howe; [Villa boss] Dean Smith.

“John Terry is just another great example of somebody I can learn from, who has been there and achieved everything I would want to achieve in the game.

“To learn from him and take little pieces of advice from him is something I feel really fortunate to be able to do.

“We do a lot of work on clips and reviewing my performances. So I feel like I’m in a really good place and I have a really good mentor to learn from.

“He tries to tell me to go through a game without being seen or without being mentioned,” added Mings.

“He says that is a good reflection of a centre-back’s performance – if they come off the pitch and nobody really knows what they’ve done and they’ve quietly gone about their business. So that is something I am trying to do more.

“After a game we’ll watch clips of my game back and he’ll then tell me what he likes and what he doesn’t like.

“He’s worked under such great managers and he’s obviously got all the experience that I would love to have, so things that he tells me really stick and we then try to implement that on the training pitch and work through different things.

“He gives me a little bit of criticism but at the moment it’s a lot of positivity.”