The serial blogger may have got the maths slightly wrong

David Beckham took time out of his intensive training schedule yesterday to post a blog on his official website:

I am sure you will have read a lot of Mr Capello’s call to leave me out of the squad but in truth I admire him as a manager and respect his decision. In his explanation, he said that it was purely down to match fitness and that it was unfair to the other players, competing week in and week out for their clubs, to include me in the squad.

A lot has been made of my trips to Sierra Leone and Brazil but these were only a total of four days in six weeks. I postponed my holidays to spend five days a week training with Arsenal and I did everything possible make myself available for England. The only thing beyond my control is the opportunity to play matches. I want to thank Arsene Wenger and his team for making me feel incredibly welcome at Arsenal and helping me to get fit for the start of the season.

I think Mr. B is being a little generous by claiming he trained for six weeks solidly with Arsenal. This story from the BBC has Becks starting training at London Colney on January 4 - four and a half weeks before the Switzerland game. And are we really expected to believe he lost just four days making long haul flights to Brazil and Sierra Leone? And what about all the other stuff - flying to Vancouver to see the Spice Girls (they played about 400 dates in London, you know), jetting around for photoshoots, hanging out with Snoop Dogg in LA - the list goes on.

Perhaps you should have another look back through your diary and check that your abacus is still working, Mr Beckham.