David Beckham's dream of playing in a fourth World Cup shattered after he tore an Achilles tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday.Beckham was unchallenged when he suffered the injury and hobbled off in pain before being stretchered away. The 34-year-old was hoping to be part of England's World Cup squad in June, but instead will fly to Finland today for specialist surgery. A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected, said an AC Milan statement. Beckham, who is in his second loan stint with Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, will now almost certainly not be fit for the World Cup in South Africa which starts on 11 June.AC Milan team-mate Ignazio Abate said the England star was inconsolable. He's not doing well. He was in tears in the dressing room, he wasn't saying a lot. This has affected us all, said Abate. And with Tottenham's Aaron Lennon still suffering from a groin problem, Capello may now turn to both Theo Walcott and Shaun Wright-Phillips to cover the right side of midfield, with James Milner, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson also in the reckoning. Beckham tearfully announced he was resigning the captaincy afterwards.