Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill is delighted with his late call-up to the England squad this week.

Cahill feels he can only reap the benefits from learning off the likes of John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.

He said: "It is great to train with players of that calibre, especially with me being a few years behind the centre-backs at the moment.

"They've achieved things you want to achieve in your own career and that spurs you on as well.

"You can always learn off good players. I've still got things to learn, and to learn off players like that who have been there and done it, is only going to bring my game on.

"That is why I like coming away with England and I was thrilled to get the call-up and to work with these guys can only help me."

Cahill's next target is to earn an automatic squad call-up rather than be a replacement player.

He said: "It would be nice if I could do that but I'm not going to argue with getting called up the way I have been for recent games.

"It has been strange the last three times it has happened. I thought it was pretty rare if you were on standby to get called in but it has happened to me. I'm not going to complain."