MADRID: Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello said on Saturday that David Beckham was in the clear after making a speedy return from Italy where he had joined in the wedding celebrations of Hollywood star Tom Cruise.
The former England skipper had been ruled out of Saturday's Spanish League match against Racing Santander with a knee injury but press reports in Britain suggested that Capello was furious with Beckham's trip.
However, the player was back in Spain on Saturday to train while wife Victoria, the former Spice Girl, stayed on at the 15th-century castle in the Italian lakeside town of Bracciano to attend Cruise's marriage to Katie Holmes.
"He had the club's permission to go," said Capello after Saturday's 3-1 win over Racing.
"He trained on Saturday morning. He hasn't missed an hour, a day or a minute of work." On Saturday, The Sun newspaper in Britain had Beckham on both the front and back pages.
"Adios (goodbye)," was one of the back page headlines accompanying a picture of Beckham and Capello while the front page photo of Beckham and his wife was headlined "Cruising for a bruising".
Beckham watched his teammates on Saturday from the Santiago Bernabeu VIP seats but his injury is expected to keep him out of the Champions League match with Lyon on Tuesday.
