No surprise what has been slammed all over the back pages of today's newspapers and I'll give you a clue...it isn't a preview of the Australian Open final between Andy Murray and Roger Federer.

England captain John Terry's affair with the former girlfriend of Wayne Bridge has been exposed and the newspapers are having a field day, with Ian McGarry at the Sun writing that he believes Terry's Chelsea future could be in jeopardy.

"Around lunchtime today, John Terry will find out if he has a future at Chelsea. That is when Carlo Ancelotti will name his team for this evening's game at Burnley. If Terry starts, then the smart money says he stays. The Chelsea hierarchy are fully aware of the circumstances which have dragged their club captain on to the front pages once again.

They knew about the legal injunction he took out last week and about the High Court appeal which overturned it yesterday. But they will not act until they see this morning's newspapers and media coverage of Terry's affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-partner, Vanessa Perroncel.Owner Roman Abramovich's right-hand man, Eugene Tenenbaum, will consult boss Ancelotti and Terry will be asked to make his case for playing in spite of the furore.

There is no doubt that Terry will want to start. As far as he is concerned, only serious injury is a reason for not turning out for the team. He has shown that in the past and is widely regarded at Chelsea and with England as one of the game's "real men". He is also no stranger to off-field controversy and how to handle it. In the past year alone, his mum was exposed in The Sun for shoplifting along with his mother-in-law."

Elsewhere, and even the broadsheets are taking up this one, with Henry Winter at the Telegraph claiming that Terry's only option now is to resign as England captain.

"If Terry is forced to resign, as seems likely, the armband would pass to either Wayne Rooney, the most popular player in the dressing room, or Rio Ferdinand, the present vice-captain. Steven Gerrard is too inhibited an individual to be England captain while Frank Lampard, though popular, could find it difficult to succeed his club-mate.

I like Terry, the one natural leader in the England dressing room, a player so passionately committed to the cause of St George that he willingly endures jabs just to get his stiff back through games, but this really is an embarrassment too far. It’s time for him to stand down.

Unless Terry somehow pulls off his greatest ever piece of defending, surviving the firestorm of headlines hurtling his way, then it would be little surprise if England were led out by Rooney for their first World Cup game against the United States in Rustenburg on June 12. Terry could even be gone by the March friendly with Egypt. This weekend will be a brutal one for Terry and the FA."