Beckham refutes Moore comparison

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Beckham made his 108th cap with a second-half appearance in the 2-0 defeat to Spain at Sevilla's Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, putting him level with Moore, who passed away in 1993.

"At the end of the day Bobby Moore won the World Cup and he's icon around the world and especially in England," said Beckham.

He added: "No-one can be compared to Bobby Moore because he's such a legend, he's a player I will always look up to as our World Cup winner, our World Cup-winning captain.

"I'm just very honoured to be even be mentioned in the same breath as him."

Beckham, 33, is determined to add to his tally and wants to complete a permanent move to AC Milan from Los Angeles Galaxy to give himself every chance of playing in the 2010 World Cup.

"I hope to keep on playing for my country. Of course I do," he said.

"Fitness-wise Milan's done me the world of good. I'm a lot fitter than I was a few months back and even in the month and a half I've been there my fitness has gone up 100%. That's the biggest thing. And I'm enjoying my club football which is great."

Beckham, who was dropped from the squad during Steve McClaren's reign, added: "At one time I didn't think I was going to make it to 95 or 96 to be honest. I missed 11 games in that period and it was disappointing.

"But I'm glad to be back in it now and I'm enjoying it."