Sport 29-08-2001 Becks Will Only Play If He`s 100% Fit who: David Beckham what: Should be fit for Germany game after "favourable" medical tests where: Munich when: Saturday snippet: "England last night received a `favourable` scan on David Beckham`s groin injury," reports The Telegraph`s Henry Winter from the England training camp, "and the national team captain will fly out with the rest of Sven-Goran Eriksson`s squad tomorrow to Munich." But although Eriksson says he is prepared to wait until Saturday morning before he makes a final decision, he told the press yesterday that his captain, who picked up the injury in Manchester United`s 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Sunday, will only play in the vital World Cup qualifying game against Germany if he is fully fit. "If David Beckham is not 100 per cent it would be better to wait another two or three days when he is okay to play against Albania," said Eriksson. "If we forced it he could be out for two or three months and that could be very bad for Manchester United, for him, and for England." Eriksson`s side will be seriously off-balance without Beckham, who has missed only two of England`s past 22 matches, recalls The Guardian`s David Lacey. But with just three training sessions to go, Eriksson says there is no way he is going to change formation. Whatever his decision, England must win the game to stand a chance of qualifying automatically for the 2002 finals in Japan and South Korea. [... more]

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