England Flags

I hear the question “Will David Beckham play in the World Cup next year?’ nearly on a daily basis so I thought I would write about.

David Beckham is a funny sort of character, when you think back to his Manchester United days he was an outstanding player that played with the best players in the Premier League (Ryan Giggs, the Neville brothers, Paul Scholes etc) but excelled for his country. I personally think he made a wrong decision leaving Manchester United to go to Real Madrid, for a start he spent a lot of time on the bench amongst other world class players.

Leaving Real Madrid was perhaps a good idea but leaving to go to LA Galaxy was a bad move in my opinion. Ok, so he was one of the best players in the team but I feel he went there for personal reasons such as trying to win popularity in the United States. David and Victoria spent a lot of time at showbiz events and I feel football was perhaps coming second.

Standing down as England captain was a bad move, David was the perfect leader in the team and should have remained captain. So what now? He is still at the Galaxy but there are rumours he is going to Milan which means he isn’t as far away and will be playing regular football. The flying time between LA and England is massive yet from Italy it’s just a few hours.

Could his move to an Italian team have anything to do with trying to get a place in the squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa? I certainly think so! At the moment Beckham is playing some great football and if he keeps it up I think he will be there in South Africa. Perhaps not starting every game but a dominant force than can come off the bench and change the outcome of a game.

I am looking forward to seeing him there!