David Beckham can dream again of winning his 100th cap after Steve McClaren’s decision to bring him back into the England squad.
As Mitch Phillips writes, his return is a reward not just for improved form in his final season at Real Madrid but also for his impeccable reaction to being dropped when McClaren took over post-World Cup.
McClaren is expecting a mixed reaction and from what I’ve seen on blogs so far he’s about right. At the LA Galaxy blog at theoffside they are understandably pretty excited, while at Soccerblog.com they’re calling it a step backwards and saying David Bentley deserves a chance before the former England captain.
With England in trouble in their qualifying group E for Euro 2008, it’s certainly a pragmatic move from the under-fire McClaren, who may well have felt he had little choice but to recall a player who is not only in good form but fitter than most after missing a chunk of the season.
Kevin Fylan
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How many more caps to the century mark?
- Posted by Five TimesI believe he’s played 94 times, so if he figures in these next two games he’ll be within four matches of the century.
- Posted by KevOoh. A link from Reuters. I might as well curl up and die now, because it only goes downhill from here.
(P.S. Thanks for the link.)
- Posted by Laurie