Beckham: “I want to play”

July 7, 2010

David Beckham has stated his desire to play for England again despite being linked with a coaching role should Fabio Capello be sacked as manager. “While I am flattered to be talked about as a coach and am always available for my country, I still see myself as a player and remain supportive of the manager,” Beckham told Yahoo Sport. “England didn’t play at the level we knew that we were capable of at the World Cup. Over the four matches we weren’t good enough and regardless of the goal that never was, Germany played better than we did over the 90 minutes and deserved to go through. Having seen the lads in training, the spirit was good, everyone trained at a really high level, it was just disappointing we couldn’t transfer that onto the pitch. As a team, we have to learn from everything that’s happened, come back stronger and play to our potential.” The 35-year-old missed out on the chance to play at a fourth World Cup finals when he suffered a ruptured achilles while on loan at AC Milan.

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