Soccer Central

So David Beckham is heading for Italy on January 7th 2009 and will join A.C. Milan on loan. Beckham will be playing alongside the likes of Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Shevchenko; some real world class players, and Beckham will not look at all out of place in the Milan starting eleven.

Beckham insists that he’ll be returning to LA Galaxy for the start of the 2009 Major League Soccer Season in March, if it goes well for him in Italy though then there’s no telling as to where his future may lie.

David Beckham has long been a huge sporting celebrity superstar; both on and off the field he’s always been quite the fans favourite, and there’s definitely no denying that the football is of a far higher standard in Italy than it is in the USA. A permanent deal in Italy could be Beckham’s perfect opportunity for sustaining a place in the England national football team; he still insists it’s his wish to return to LA Galaxy in March however, so for the time being it would seem that David Beckham’s footballing future lies in America.

A few times David Beckham has been linked with a potential move back to the English Premier League; it would seem that Beckham would only return to England to play for Manchester United though, so Alex Ferguson would be the only man able to persuade Beckham to return.

England manager Fabio Capello has helped Beckham to secure the Milan move, stating that the only way for Beckham to keep his place in the national side would be to continue playing the professional game throughout the Major League Soccer close season. The 2008 Major Soccer League season is set to end on November 23rd, Beckham’s move to Milan will make sure he stays fit and keeps a good shape whilst there are no competitive LA Galaxy games to be played.

David Beckham still has a future in the English national football team, but had he not have secured this move to Italy then Capello had stated that Beckham would have equalled Bobby Moore’s caps record of 108 with the friendly game against Germany, but never would have surpassed it.

Capello has stated that there’s a possibility Beckham will play the whole 90 minutes of the friendly international game against Germany on November 19th 2008. After that there’s just no telling where David Beckham’s international future currently lies, but with England’s World Cup European Qualifying campaign starting again in March 2009; it now looks as though David Beckham should be figuring in Fabio Capello’s future South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying plans.