LONDON: Fabio Capello has said he is pleased David Beckham will stay at AC Milan until the end of the season but that the move would not guarantee his England place.

Beckham will play for both Milan in Serie A and Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer which means that the midfielder, who will be 34 in May, will be playing without a break for up to 15 months before next year's World Cup in South Africa.

Capello was quoted in British newspapers on Sunday as saying only form, not age, would determine whether Beckham would be picked for future England squads.