The troubled Chelsea football star John Terry has flown to Dubai where his wife has taken refuge from a media storm over the former England captain's reported affair with an underwear model.
Terry was stripped of the national team's captaincy last week following newspaper reports of an extra-marital relationship with the former partner of England team-mate Wayne Bridge, and other indiscretions.
The centreback has been given a long weekend break by his club in order to facilitate what the Guardian newspaper described as his "date with the doghouse in Dubai."
Terry is reported to be determined to save his marriage and is hoping for a St Valentine's Day reconciliation with his long-term partner, whom he married in 2007.
