However, Miss Beckham is said to be in such dire financial straits that she is claiming £164 a week in handouts. She gets £68 a week in income support alongside £96 weekly tax credits.

Capello is also convinced Wayne Rooney will not quit international football, despite being booed by the Wembley crowd on Wednesday night, his status clearly having hit a nadir after his dreadful World Cup performances, his abuse of England fans after the Algeria game and photographs of him smoking and urinating in public.

The Italian was criticised for his decision to announce that national icon David Beckham was “too old” to play for England, without telling the player himself ahead of their win against Hungary on Wednesday.

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