Mrs Beckham’s music to inspire England squad

Football bosses are hoping to inspire the England squad to victory with Posh Spice CDs.

Football bosses are hoping to inspire the England squad to victory with Posh Spice CDs.

The singer's album, called Victoria Beckham, has been sent to help the team unwind as part of an entertainment package - along with husband David Beckham's video game.

They are included in a kit of 400 CDs, books, DVDs and games being dispatched to Japan by Amazon.co.uk. The company has worked with a sports psychologist to develop playlists of titles aimed at producing optimum performance.

The Sven Goran Eriksson Classical CollectionCD is among those recommended to help the team relax. CDs by Oasis, US act The Strokes and Welsh band Stereophonics are also included.

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Items being sent to the Far East with the team include:

  • CDs - Swing When You're Winning, Robbie Williams; Just Enough Education to Perform, Stereophonics; Fever, Kylie Minogue; No Angel, Dido; The Optimist, Turin Brakes; Wicked Game, Chris Isaak; About A Boy, Badly Drawn Boy.
  • DVDs - Airplane!; Ali G - Bling Bling; Blade Runner;Exorcist - Director's Cut; Fight Club; Get Carter.
  • Books - Atonement, Ian McEwan; Billy, Pamela Stephenson; Blessed: My Autobiography, George Best; Down Under, Bill Bryson; The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman; Kiss And Make-up, Gene Simmons.