I disagree totally, Beckhams has always been a team player....by that I mean he's an intregral part of a team even if not the most gifted player individually. He can put the ball on the toe of any striker so makes more goals....in America you call it 'assists'.... than he actually scores himself. I would take Beckham on my team over Ronaldo any day. Ronaldo is gifted brilliant and sometimes unbelievable, but not the greatest team player. Rooney is part Beckham part Keane but can't fill the shoes of both.
George Best summed Becks up perfectly, and I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember it exactly "Beckham is slow, he can't tackle dribble or shoot, other than that he's a great player" United still haven't filled the void left when they sold him to Madrid..or Keane for that matter but we're talking about Beckham now.
England still need Beckham while they redefine themselves into the team they have the potential to be under a manager who's not a 'yes man' to the FA, and if they need Beckham then he needs to stay match fit....hence Capello arranging the loan move to Milan, and we all know he did, it was on the BBC website this morning. (After I had speculated it last night I might add!!!)