Beckham handed England recall

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The former England skipper was dumped by new coach Steve McClaren following this summer's World Cup but after producing a series of superb performances for Real Madrid over the past few weeks, Beckham has now earned an emotional comeback.

It represents an amazing about-turn in fortune for the 32-year-old, who believed he would remain stuck on 94 caps.

Beckham is by far the most notable member of a 26-man squad, which includes Aaron Lennon even though the Tottenham winger is almost certain to miss out after twisting a knee in Friday night's B international against Albania at Turf Moor.

Ashley Cole, Gary Neville, Andrew Johnson, Micah Richards, Owen Hargreaves and Ben Foster are all absent through injury, while Wayne Rooney - who was suspended for the Estonia game anyway - was not considered.

Preston's David Nugent misses out, despite scoring on his debut against Andorra in March, but Joe Cole is available, while Blackburn's David Bentley and Reading's Nicky Shorey are handed their first senior calls.

Having selected Beckham, it is impossible to envisage McClaren not starting with him against Brazil.

Although McClaren felt he needed to make a statement of intent about moving on from the Sven-Goran Eriksson era, with results going against him, bringing back the prodigal son was always on the cards.