John Terry and Ashley Cole sat out England training today, while two other Chelsea men will not be involved in their countries' forthcoming matches.

John Mikel Obi has been excused the need to report for Nigerian duty in order to work on his fitness ahead of our game against Middlesbrough on October 18, with the Eagles having already sealed their progression to the next round of World Cup qualifiers.

Alex is the other player to miss out, and so another Alex, of Hamburg, has been called up in his place.

For England, both Terry and Cole are expected to take part in a full training session on Wednesday, but were limited to gym work on Tuesday morning after their exertions this weekend.

Click back on to chelseafc.com later in the week as we keep up with all the Blues on duty around the world.