Terry trained on Wednesday for the first time since being stretchered off with a dislocated elbow against Bolton, but the England defender maintains the strapping will not be necessary when he leads Chelsea out for their Moscow showdown with Manchester United.

"My elbow is all right," said Terry. "There is just a bit of strapping in case I fall and jar it. The last couple of days it has been getting better and hopefully I am going to train without the strapping."

He added: "I have full range of movement. It is a little stiff when I wake up in the mornings but when the physios do a bit of work on it and I do some swimming, it frees right up."

Terry is already looking ahead to facing United in the first all-English European Cup final and says Chelsea will go into the match in great form - despite their 1-1 draw with Bolton at Stamford Bridge.

"We have lost out (in this competition) in the past against Liverpool and Monaco and I really don't want to sit back and say we have thrown it away again," Terry added. "We have the chance of a lifetime - a great squad of players and in great form at the moment.

"Manchester United have been in good form themselves but we are at the top of our game, we have everyone fit, and we need to take the game to them."

Meanwhile, the Football Association are likely to seek out footage of Wednesday's Champions League press conference at the club's Cobham training HQ after coach Avram Grant called into question the integrity of referee Steve Bennett.

Bennett was in charge of United's final game of the league season at Wigan and came under fire for not awarding the home side a penalty for handball and then opting not to red card Paul Scholes for a second bookable offence when he fouled Wilson Palacios.

Grant said: "In England there are very good referees, but there are some - a few that you can influence, like you saw."