Capello undecided on Beckham England call

England coach Fabio Capello admitted on Thursday that he was undecided about whether or not to select David Beckham for next month’s friendly against Spain after watching him play for AC Milan.

Beckham scored from a trademark free-kick in Milan’s 1-1 draw with Genoa at the San Siro and was given a rousing reception from the club’s fans when he limped off 20 minutes from time with a groin problem.

Capello was in the crowd but said he was not sure he would call up the 33-year-old former national team skipper for the friendly on February 7 in Seville.

“I still have to decide although I was pleased with the way Beckham played, which I though was better than in his previous games,” said Capello at a business awards ceremony here.

“I was at the San Siro to check on his form and before that I sent my assistants. It seems to me that he has fitted in very well at Milan.”

Beckham is on loan from his club LA Galaxy because the Major League Soccer off season is so long that the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player needed to find a loan club to keep on playing or lose his place in Capello’s England plans.

The midfielder’s move has proved so successful, though, that the talk in Milan is about whether or not he will stay beyond the end of his proposed loan deal in March.

As for whether or not Beckham would be in Capello’s plans for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, by which time the midfielder would be 35, the coach said: “We have to qualify first and only then will I think about who to select.”