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Real right to order Beckham back to training says Guti
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-14 09:39
MADRID, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Real Madrid midfielder Guti said the club were
right to order David Beckham back into training rather than allow him to support
his England team mates in their World Cup qualifier against Poland.
 The FA had asked for the England captain to be allowed to
remain with the squad despite being suspended for their final Group Six game on
Wednesday but Real refused and Beckham was told to report for training to
prepare for this weekend's city derby against Atletico Madrid.
"The people who pay him (Beckham) are Real Madrid," Guti was quoted as saying
in sports daily Marca on Thursday.
"And if he can't play with his national side then it is much better that he
is here with the rest of us. I don't think that should be a problem, should it?"
Real vice-president Emilio Butragueno explained the club's stance by saying
that they always tended to suffer the consequences of player absences during
international weeks.
"We are a bit worried by what happens at times like this and will have to
wait and see what sort of state the internationals are in when they return," he
said.
"As captain of England and all that it signifies they (the FA) asked for
Beckham to stay, but we thought he should come back because we have an important
game on Saturday.
"We told him and as a professional he accepted the decision."
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