John Terry will not quit England captaincy before talks

Terry was appointed England captain in August 2008

John Terry will not offer to resign as England captain ahead of a meeting with Fabio Capello, BBC Sport understands.

They are expected to meet on Friday to discuss allegations Terry had an affair with a team-mate's ex-girlfriend.

The Football Association has made it clear Capello alone will decide the 29-year-old Chelsea defender's fate.

The England coach has been recovering from knee surgery at his holiday home in Switzerland and will return to London on Thursday.


Terry issued a brief statement on Wednesday insisting he would be "keeping his own counsel" until he had held talks with Capello.

He has been monitoring the fall-out from the Terry saga closely and has regularly spoken on the telephone to his trusted lieutenant Franco Baldini.

Baldini, England's general manager, held in-depth talks with four key FA board members on Monday - chairman Lord Triesman, chief executive Ian Watmore, director of communications Adrian Bevington and head of development Trevor Brooking.


They agreed that Capello alone would make the decision about Terry's future and that the priority was to make the right decision rather than a quick decision.

This is despite the fact that some members of the FA are eager for the issue to be resolved before England's manager attends the Euro 2012 qualifying draw in Warsaw on Sunday.

If Capello does make a decision before Sunday, it is believed he would then inform the assembled media in the Polish capital.

Terry is alleged to have had an extra-marital affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the former girlfriend of England team-mate Wayne Bridge.

The French model is being advised by public relations guru Max Clifford, who claims Perroncel has already been offered £250,000 to tell her side of the story.

The possibility of Perroncel making further damaging revelations about Terry in a Sunday newspaper is another reason why Capello may want to wait before making a decision about his skipper.