Beckham is expected to miss the Los Angeles Galaxy's MLS game against Toronto FC Sunday, and if he does it will be the fourth match he has watched from the sideline since his token debut as a 78th minute substitute in a friendly against Chelsea on July 21.

Beckham damaged ankle ligaments playing for Real Madrid four days after spraining the same left ankle in England's match against Estonia on June 6. He said he aggravated the injury further on June 17, when Real Madrid beat Real Mallorca to clinch the Spanish League title.

But he said he couldn't regret his role in Real Madrid's run to the championship.

"I sprained it playing for England, played again four days after for Real Madrid with the sprain and pulled the ligaments," Beckham said here Saturday.

"Then I played the last game of the season for Real Madrid with three injections to numb my ankle so you can imagine what my ankle looked like after the game.

"I ripped the ligaments in that last game so it was a bit of a mess.

"Then I went on holiday to recuperate and then when I arrived in LA, it was the first time I really had treatment apart from about a week of fitness work that I was doing in the south of France," he added.

Beckham said the decision to have injections went against the grain, but with a title on the line he felt it was worth it.

"I personally have never agreed with any injections and anything that could be unnatural. I like to feel naturally fit going into games. But I think because we were going for the league title, and we needed to win the last two games, I would have done anything to play in that game.

"It wasn't healthy, it wasn't, maybe, the right thing to do long term, but I did it and at the end of the day I'm glad I did it," Beckham said. "I played in a game for 65 minutes and we ended up winning the league."

Beckham, 32, only started running on Saturday as the rest of the Galaxy trained in Toronto having flown in from Los Angeles.

"Today, running like I did was a huge step for me because I haven't really been able to move on it at all," he said. "The problem is it being my left ankle. The way I strike the ball puts a lot of stress on my left ankle. Maybe if it was the right one it would be a lot easier but being the left one there's still a lot of stress."