Axed Becks turned to Tom Cruise for counselling

London, Sep 19 (UNI) Devastated after being dropped from the England team following the World Cup disaster, David Beckham found an unlikely counseller in Tom Cruise and the Real Madrid player says the Hollywood star's pep talk helped him get over the disappointment.

Beckham, who was dropped after England's World Cup campaign ended in a penalty shoot-out debacle in the quarter-finals against Portugal, said the 'Mission Impossible' star's positive attitude bowled him over.

''When I got to America, I phoned Tom. He's a great guy to be able to speak to because he is a very positive-minded person. It is good to have people like him around you at that point,'' Beckham told the 'Daily Mirror'.

''Tom talked about everything I had done in the World Cup, about the goal I scored and the goals I set up. He said I was a great player' that I played for Real Madrid. It does you good just to hear somebody saying that sometimes,'' he added.

In fact, the star mid-fielder, who has admitted that he may never play for England again, now sees his future in America and wants to shift there after he retires from the game.

''America does interest me, of course. I want to play at the highest level for as long as I can but there probably will come a point where I do think about America,'' he said.

''I like America as a country and to live there for a few years would be good for the family and the kids, but at the moment I am happy at Madrid. We've a new manager in Capello and some great new players, so things are looking up,'' he added.

Meanwhile, Beckham also offered an olive branch to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, with whom his relations have remained cold since the move to Madrid.

Sir Alex sold the mid-fielder to Real Madrid without consulting him and the two had a stormy dressing room showdown just before Beckham moved to Spain.

''I have played under many regimes in my career, but Sir Alex Ferguson was the best manager I ever played for,'' Beckham said.

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