England captain David Beckham suffered a painful ankle injury in Real Madrid’s 2-0 defeat by Valencia on Saturday and does not know if he will be fit in time for the decisive Euro 2004 qualifier against Turkey next month.
“I really don’t know,” Beckham told reporters when asked if he would be fit for the Group Seven clash on October 11.
“It’s hard to tell. It’s the first day after the game and it’s hurting a lot at the moment. We’ll just have to wait and see how it goes over the next day or two. Hopefully it’ll be okay, but I’m not sure yet. I’m not sure if I’ll be fit for Wednesday (when Real travel to Porto for a Champions League match).
“It will be up to the doctors, the physios and me to decide. There are two weeks to go before the Turkey game and there are a lot of big games to come before then. I’ll concentrate on them first before worrying about Turkey,” he added. England lead Turkey by a point, but need to earn at least a draw to win their group and qualify automatically.