Lifting the World Cup trophy over the head is Beckham’s dream. No English team captain, since Bobby Moore, in 1966, ever did that, and David might just have the chance.

Blond, good-looking and east London-born, Bobby Moore remains the only Englishman to have lifted the FIFA World Cup™. Beckham, to whom that description can also apply, is seeking to follow in Moore’s footsteps in Germany 40 years on from England’s solitary success on home soil.

Speaking in the build-up to his team’s Group B opener in Frankfurt, Beckham admitted: “There’s always going to be something missing when you’ve not won something at the end of a period playing for a national team or a club.” While next season offers another opportunity of ending his wait for honours with his club Real Madrid, Beckham must know that with England this is probably his final chance.

As he prepares for his third FIFA World Cup, Beckham believes he is a better footballer “technically” than he was previously. “I’m quite good at the technical part of the game but it has gone up a level since I’ve been in Spain. It had to. You have to be technically more gifted in playing for Real Madrid,” said the former Manchester United favourite.

The goal now is to show that to the world. “I’d like to think this could be my best-ever World Cup, but you can never tell what is going to happen in football.”

His hunger right now is for glory, in the form of the FIFA World Cup. David Beckham has been called more things than he has had hair styles but lifting the Trophy on 9 July would give him what he wants more than anything. Like Bobby Moore, it would give him the stamp of greatness.

Source: WCoffsite