Chelsea captain John Terry believes England's World Cup chances will benefit from an early Champions League exit for Premiership clubs.

English interest ended this week when Manchester United and Arsenal went out in the quarter-finals to follow Chelsea's exit.

Terry says: "It's disappointing there won't be an English club in the final because it's the biggest game you can play in for your club.

"But England meet up in Austria on May 17 and the Champions League final is five days later.

"Had one of our teams got to the final the squad would have had some very notable absentees for what is a big phase of our preparation.

"Now we will all be together and can get some good solid grounding in as a whole. I'm sure from that perspective Mr Capello is happy."