Beckham may return to represent England, says McClaren's adviser

England manager Steve McClaren may recall David Beckham to represent England, his adviser Max Clifford disclosed on Thursday.

The Real Madrid player were required by some fans to be brought back following the 2-0 defeat by Croatia.

Clifford was quoted by BBC Five Live Sport as saying: "If he's in tremendous form, the chance presents itself and it's best for England, that's all Steve's interested in.

"Steve McClaren is not too proud to say 'look, David Beckham is playing particularly well at the moment'."

Clifford added: "Personally I don't think if Beckham had played yesterday it would have made a blind bit of difference, but I'm sure... a lot of journalists will say that.

"Because, no matter what anyone does from a PR perspective, if McClaren is winning, he's popular, if he's losing, he's dead."

McClaren has not selected former England skipper Beckham in any of his squads since taking over from Sven-Goran Eriksson at the end of August.

Clifford - who is an adviser to McClaren's representatives Key Sports - says not selecting Beckham initially was a wise decision by the new England manager.

"What it did was stamp his authority and say 'I'm not Sven's assistant, I'm my own man'," Clifford said.

"I think everybody agrees Beckham had a very disappointing World Cup, as a lot of our players did," he added.

Source: Xinhua