Ruud Gullit is convinced the injury to LA Galaxy star David Beckam will be good for England's World Cup chances.
Fabio Capello intended to select former Manchester United star Beckham for his squad before the midfielder suffered an Achilles injury while on-loan with AC Milan.
Gullit told the Sunday Mirror: "It's not a big blow that Beckham is not in the playing squad because of all the publicity surrounding him.
"Capello wants to have a quieter approach. So it could have been an advantage not to have that. Capello doesn't want to focus everything around Beckham.
"As a player, Beckham brought something important to the team. It is a blow losing his skills.
"But all the headlines were 'Is Beckham going to the World Cup?' I can understand the press interest because it was an issue - it was interesting to write up.
"But Capello didn't want that. Now there is no panic about Beckham.
"I sometimes ask myself, 'Does Capello really think it was bad that Beckham was not in?' Not because of his skills but because of the attention - and all the things around it."
