David Beckham has been caught up in a swine flu scare after his LA Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan and two club staff were struck down by the virus.

Becks and the whole Galaxy squad are being monitored, after Donovan fell ill and tested positive for the flu virus.

Donovan has said he started feeling unwell after the Galaxy’s away game at New England Revolution last Sunday, where Beckham was part of the squad.

Galaxy officials believe Donovan may have contracted the virus from a club administrator and a chiropractor, who also tested positive.

Beckham returned to LA on Thursday night after joining the England team for their friendly in Holland.

Galaxy general manager Bruce Arena said: “My suspicions are that since we’ve had a couple of people within the Galaxy office who have had the flu, that that’s where he [Donovan] got it.”

Arena tried to play down fears of the virus spreading, adding: “My understanding is that this is a mild strain of a flu… Landon is not infectious. He has a slight strain of the flu and he’s at the tail-end of it.

“There’s no need for alarm.”

Donovan is unlikely to play as Beckham and Galaxy host the Seattle Sounders tomorrow.

Reports, from this weekend, claim that David and Victoria Beckham was involved in a “terrifying car crash” in France last Friday.

Reports claim that the couple’s car, a Beamer, had a smashed windscreen and extensive damage along the passenger side.

However, today Victoria’s rep is denying all the reports.
Cheryl Maisel, Posh’s rep, reassures everyone, “There was no car crash.”

Maisel says “David and Victoria Beckham were driving a car that had been scratched the day before when it had been left parked at the airport – they were not involved in any accident at all.”
She adds that “There was no police, no crash, no paparazzi chase, etc. – just very incorrect reports via Internet gossip sites.”

Good to hear that everyone is a-OK.