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Terry targets quick return

Chelsea and England captain John Terry is determined to return to first-team action within a month following his knee surgery last week.

Terry admitted an operation was the only cure for an injury which flared up while he was on international duty.

He said: "I'm back in the treatment room but it is not all doom and gloom."

The star centre-half will be missing as the Blues take on Barclays Premier League high-fliers Manchester City on Saturday.

"I'm out for around four weeks," he admitted.

"It's a new injury. I got a bit of floating bone trapped under the knee joint and the only way to remove it was surgery.

"I'm already working my socks off to get fit and get back."

Chelsea have managed to record successive 2-0 wins over Middlesbrough and Schalke since Terry was sidelined and they face Manchester City looking to extend their run to seven games unbeaten under new coach Avram Grant.

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