The media and press will have a field day because he's the Brad pit of world football with all his wealth, being more famous for his face/advertising than his feet, the Posh and Becks thing and that the public love him. But other than that he's just a squad player, an aging one who's best days are long behind him and isn't much of a loss to us. The way the media are going on its as if we've lost Rooney or Gerrard or Barry, Rio, Terry etc.

That said I'd still take him so he can come on at 75 minutes towards the end just for his free kicks and crossing in case we can't create in other ways. The RM place is far from nailed down but you can't argue that SWP, Milner, Lennon (if fit), Walcott or even Young are better options. Plus Beckham seems to do better when he's coming from a sub rather than start, like in some of the recent England games and the United v Milan second leg. He was poor when he started in the San Siro which was the leg in which Milan were good and could have been 3-0 up. At Old trafford he was ALWAYS going to do some thing well as he's waited for it for years. Shame for David to miss out on the finals but not too much of a loss for us.



Shouldn't laugh but that is probably going to be true.