LA Galaxy could face a battle to keep hold of David Beckham - from the England job!

The London Evening Standard says there's growing support inside the FA for Beckham to succeed Fabio Capello as manager.

If the FA decided to part company with Capello, there would be strong support for the re-introduction of an English coach.

They are thin on the ground in the Premier League, of course, but chief among the candidates with managerial pedigrees would be Fulham's Roy Hodgson and Tottenham's Harry Redknapp.

But there is also in-house' support for Beckham and director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking, who had two brief spells as caretaker manager at West Ham. Beckham's lack of management experience, and absence of coaching badges, will weigh against him but there is no reason why he could not work alongside someone with more experience.

Argentina's Diego Maradona is able, for instance, to call upon World Cup winner Carlos Bilardo as his No2 in South Africa.