Beckham 'devastated' by injury

WITH HIS World Cup final place in the balance, David Beckham was said to be 'devastated', although his father admitted on GMTV that the England captain should be okay for the tournament in Korea and Japan.

Deportivo La Coruna's midfielder Aldo Duscher is England's villain of the piece this morning after his tackle put Beckham in hospital with a broken bone in his foot.

Duscher's two-footed lunge after just 20 minutes put an entirely different complexion on Manchester United and England's run in to the end of the season, but at least will force the national side to look for other options if Beckham does have to miss any games.

Ted Beckham told GMTV: "David called me from hospital just to let me know how he was.

"To be honest he was devastated.  He was very, very upset and he said he was in a lot of pain and that he was in plaster.

"He said he was more upset because of what games were coming up.

"I really feel sorry for him. It's a terrible thing to have happened. But, fingers crossed, he'll be OK."

The result is that Beckham will be out for six to eight weeks with a broken bone in his left foot, although some observers believed he should not have played with the injury to his right ankle that he was carrying.