David Beckham last night controversially found out that he is unlikely to be playing for England anymore since his Achilles injury in March ruled him out of playing for England at the World Cup.
Capello last night gave an interview stating "Beckham will not play again for England...too old". This seems to be another step which Capello has taken in the wrong direction according to large swathes of fans who would still like Beckham to at least be able to compete for his place in the national side, despite his age.
Beckham has won 115 caps for England since his debut in 1996. Beckham was captain for 58 games before relinquishing the role to John Terry. After being frozen out by Steve McClaren in his reign, Fabio Capello looks to have done the same now with David Beckham. However this seems to be a major issue among fans, after all, whenever England get a free kick outside the box, it'll be forever known as "Beckham territory". This is because Beckham is still the best free kick taker the England national team possess, and even if his age is a barrier to him playing at the finals in 2012, he cannot be ruled out so early on.This issue however is not the crux of the problem which many fans have with Capello moving this in. Fans can tell that youth is needed to bring the team forwards, and if Beckham is not to be involved, then that is the way it has to be. But for David Beckham to find out that is how he will not be playing for England anymore, as many media outlets have reported. Must leave sour grapes in his mouth ever so slightly with the iron-fisted Italian. Hopefully David Beckham will have been pre-warned in advance, and not told that he might have one more "farewell match" to say his goodbyes to the fans who have almost idolised him since the Greece game through the medium of ITV and their reporting.
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