Beckham doesn’t want to boss England
DAVID BECKHAM has put paid to calls for him to become England boss by insisting he has no interest in moving into management when he retires from playing.
And the former Three Lions captain has backed current coach Fabio Capello, laying the blame for a dreadful World Cup campaign squarely at the feet of the players.
Beckham’s name was touted as a possible replacement for Capello in the wake of England’s failure in South Africa, where the injured 35-year-old formed part of the Italian’s backroom staff.
But he said: “I must admit it’s something I’ve never been interested in. It’s not a passion of mine to be a manager of a football team.
“I’m passionate about the game and being there and obviously I was wearing the suit so people have looked and thought I could be going into that.
“Coaching-wise, I love coaching kids. But coaching a team, being a manager – at this point in my career I don’t want to do that and in the future I don’t think that will happen either.”
Capello bore much of the criticism for England’s limp second-round exit but the Italian has kept his job, and Beckham believes it was the squad who must take the blame.
“He [Capello] did everything that he could have done,” he added.
“He prepared us right. He worked the players to the right amount and he set everything up for the players, but obviously the players know it was disappointing.
“We didn’t perform and as players you know that. You know when you don’t perform, you know when you don’t play well.
“The manager can do so much and then it’s down to the players.”