GROUP E:Defender Wes Brown is out of England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia because of a knee injury.

Brown returned to Manchester United for further treatment yesterday after he was unable to take part in training.

Sol Campbell also sat out the session with an Achilles' problem, while Alan Smith was rested as a precaution.

Strikers Dean Ashton and Andrew Johnson are out of the squad for Saturday's tie at Wembley and the match in Moscow against Russia next Wednesday.

West Ham forward Ashton picked up a medial knee ligament injury in the Hammers' weekend defeat by Aston Villa. The London club have confirmed that he will be out of action for six weeks.

Johnson misses out because of an ankle injury, but Michael Owen confirmed his fitness, scoring in Newcastle's win against Everton.

McClaren was at St James' Park on Sunday to watch Owen but he will be concerned about losing two more strikers.

John Terry trained wearing the facial mask protecting his fractured cheekbone.

McClaren had been considering resting his skipper against the Estonians.

The Chelsea defender was booked against Israel and another yellow card would put him out of the clash with Russia.