Gunners offer Beckham base to train during MLS close season</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> LONDON (AFP) - England midfielder David Beckham has been offered the chance to train with Premier League side Arsenal during the Major League Soccer close season, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday. Beckham will line out with England in Friday's international friendly against Austria in Vienna, and next Wednesday's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia. The 32-year-old Beckham's fate, like that of England coach Steve McClaren depends heavily on the result between Russia and Israel in the Euro 2008 qualifying tie in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Victory for Russia will probably end McClaren's tenure and with it Beckham's international career. If Russia fail to win and England beat Croatia at Wembley next week, Beckham would expect to be involved at Euro 2008 and he has received offers from Watford, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal - all based near his Hertfordshire home - to train during the Major League Soccer close season, which lasts until February. Los Angeles Galaxy's Beckham, who has 97 caps, is just three games short of becoming just the fifth Englishman to reach a century.</div></p>
