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 today.

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.