DAVID Beckham will miss Tom Cruise’s Italian wedding today after being ordered back to Spain by Real Madrid. Beckham flew into Rome with wife Victoria yesterday, sporting a Starsky and Hutch-style cardie. But he was due to jet out again this morning after his coach Fabio Capello said: "David has to stay in Madrid to work this weekend." Asked if that meant Becks, 31, would miss the showbiz wedding of the year, Capello tartly replied: "That’s not my problem." The coach hit out as club officials learned that Becks and Victoria, 32, had touched down at Rome’s Ciampino airport for a pre-wedding dinner. The former England captain, who is thought to have an injured knee, was not due to take part in Real’s match tonight against Racing Santander. But in what fans will see as a humiliation he must still return to Madrid for training at 11am today, and watch the match which kicks off at 7pm. Only then will Becks be free to fly back to Italy to catch the last part of the reception at Cruise’s glitzy wedding to Katie Holmes, 27, at Odescalchi Castle, 25 miles outside Rome. Last night Beckham’s spokesman insisted there was no clash between the striker and club officials. He said: "David never thought he’d be able to attend the wedding. The original plan was for him to be playing and for Victoria’s sister Louise to be with her at the wedding. "If he’d been playing on Saturday he was potentially going to Italy after the game. He asked the club for permission to go after training yesterday." A Real Madrid spokesman said: "David had permission to go to Italy on Friday. "On Saturday he’ll be in training. He’ll also be at the match against Racing Santander, although he’s injured and not in the starting line-up." It is not the first time that Beckham, who is close friends with Cruise, has fallen foul of hardman Capello. Two weeks ago he was fined for turning up late for training after meeting US Open tennis champion Maria Sharapova.
Daily Mirror (story) and AP (photo)
I bet he is pissed he is going to miss the wedding?
