Give Beckham his 100th England Cap

Posted by Logan Holmes Jan 29, 2008

Fabio Capello, the new Englanfd manager has a distracting decision to take as he announces his squad for the friendly international against Switzerland - should he select David Beckham?

Beckham's 100th Cap

The Football Association have been trying to raise interest in this game so that Capello's first match in charge isn't played out in a half-empty Wembley. They see Beckham's 100th cap as a way of generating interest in the game and drawing the media circus that inevitably follows him.

Resigns as England Captain

After the 2006 World Cup in Germany Beckham resigned as captain and was omitted by Steve McLaren, the immediate successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson.

McLaren made the decision to dispense with Beckham, preferring to give younger players experience. However, little over a year later he regretted that decision as his team struggled in their qualifying group.

A year ago Beckham's career was at a low point - struggling with injury at Real Madrid and out of the England team, he decided to join LA Galaxy. His manager at Real Madrid, Capello, announced that Beckham would not play for the club again and there seemed no way back.

Real Madrid Champions

However, he regained fitness and proved his doubters wrong. He returned to the Real Madrid side which made a late run to win the La Liga title and also regained his England place.

His move to America was hindered by injury and as his attempt to help England reach the European Championships failed, he ended up with ninety nine International appearances.

Beckham has served England well and has been an outstanding ambassador for English football so should be honoured with his 100th cap to allow Capello to focus on fashioning his team for the World Cup qualifying games.