I’ve been told that I’m the biggest David Beckham fan people have ever met. I assure you that I don’t go gaga over his pics, but as a player he is everything you’d expect – extremely hard-working, talented, gives 110% every time and is flawed as well as simple genius.
Becks had an illustrious career with Manchester United before being kicked out by SAF and thrown Real Madrid’s way, who then proceeded to shoot themselves in the foot by giving him a poor contract which led him to head towards LA Galaxy, where Becks will, in all likelihood, end his professional career.
He’s been excellent for England as well, both under Eriksson and under McClaren (who saw the light finally and picked him for the national team).
Real Madrid are notoriously hard negotiators – one of the richest clubs in the world haggles over the smallest amounts like an arrogant, miserly old bastard who probably just enjoys imposing himself on others.
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It is not mere coincidence that Mark Hughes was asked the David Beckham question this week, considering that Manchester United visit Ewood Park tomorrow and Beckham is a former United player.
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I’m serious – if you have any way of putting this in the mainstream media or actually sending it to dear ol Becks, please do so.
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Real Madrid and Manchester United share a couple of very interesting records in the Champions League.
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There’s a lot of debate going on about what England and McClaren should do to turn things around.
England have not become ‘bad’ all of a sudden. This was a stale team that was rejuvenated in 1998 and 2000 by Michael Owen, carried...
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It is fashionable to round up on Eriksson and blame him for all of England’s problems.
Steve McClaren used this card to full-tilt by dumping David Beckham and then going on a charm offensive where he emphasised himself as the anti-thesis...
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With the focus on Euro 2008, England’s 2 qualifiers and whether McClaren will finally screw up or not, Soccerlens turns its attention to Stevo and England, and what’s going to go wrong.
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It’s a scene out of a very horrible nightmare for me – I imagine this is how Thierry Henry fans felt when he went down (at...
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Steve McClaren’s move to axe David Beckham from the England squad was an inevitable decision on two fronts.
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For all the support this column has shown to David Beckham, even I have to admit that one of the first decisions Steve McClaren would have made in his tenure would be to replace the Manchester United legend as captain.
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