LONDON: England star David Beckham insists he has no intention of becoming a manager when he retires from playing.

After an Achilles injury ended his dream of playing in a fourth World Cup, Beckham spent the tournament in South Africa as part of England`s backroom staff and sat on the bench throughout the team`s ill-fated campaign.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder gave advice to members of the squad and acted as a buffer between coach Fabio Capello and his players.

It has been suggested Beckham could take charge of England in the future but the 35-year-old has never been tempted by the thought of going into management and he has once again ruled out that option.

"I must admit it`s something I`ve never been interested in," he said in a webchat with Yahoo on Wednesday. "It`s not a passion of mine to be a manager of a football team.

"I`m passionate about the game and being there and obviously I was wearing the suit so people have looked and thought I could be going into that."

"I spoke to James (Milner), Shaun (Wright-Phillips), Aaron (Lennon)... all the right-sided players. I spoke to all the players. If there`s anything that needed saying from the manager of the players, that was kind of my role.

"I enjoyed that but, coaching-wise, I love coaching kids - that`s one of the reasons I have my academies - the children, I love seeing their faces when they`re kicking the ball around. I love the enthusiasm, the honesty - that`s one of the things I love doing.

"But coaching a team, being a manager, at this point in my career I don`t want to do that and in the future I don`t think that will happen either."

Beckham also revealed he is ahead of schedule as he tries to return to action after injuring his Achilles during a loan spell at AC Milan in April.

It had been feared he would be out until November - therefore missing the entire Major League Soccer season but he nows hopes to be back in action by the start of September.

"When I had the surgery, the surgeon gave me a schedule," Beckham said. "I`ve got a week now before it`s four months and then I`m allowed to run, but I`ve been running for the last 10 days.

"I`m ahead of schedule, it`s going well. I should be back in a month and a half."

BDST: 2130hrs, July 14, 2010