England Coach Sven Goran Eriksson has confirmed that David Beckham will definitely be captain of the England football team in the World Cup Finals stating, “Beckham will be England's captain in Germany, and I will not even discuss anyone else!”

Eriksson’s faith in Beckham has been constant since the Swede first gave Beckham the captain’s armband, and doesn’t have any plans of changing his mind. In an interview on the League Managers Association website the England coach heaped praise on the Real Madrid midfielder.

“David is an extremely good player and his right foot is the best in the world, For crosses, long passes, short passes, free kicks and corners, he is number one. But he is an all-round player, too. He can defend, he has two big lungs for running up and down for 90 minutes, he is a good man, and a good captain.”

England has a plethora of commanding players in the squad, including Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, Chelsea’s John Terry, Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand and Arsenal’s Sol Campbell, who all have a huge presence on the field, and are all either captains of, or who have captained their respective teams.

But nonetheless the England boss is adamant that Beckham is the right choice for the job of captain.

“Beckham will be England's captain in Germany, and I will not even discuss anyone else. He's calm in the dressing room and when he talks, people listen. That's good. But you must also remember that we have many captains in our team.”

“John Terry is a good leader who is captain of Chelsea, Steven Gerrard is captain of Liverpool...and so on.”

Eriksson’s also believes we have yet to see the best of David Beckham in an England jersey saying, “Yes, I think you will see the best of Beckham in Germany. He's been playing well for Real Madrid and I think a lot of our players will prepare themselves to play really well next summer.”

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