How and Why Real Madrid signed David Beckham
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- How and Why Real Madrid signed David Beckham
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David Beckham’s end at Manchester United was ugly. His once paternal relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson had deteriorated. United wanted Beckham out, and Real Madrid took advantage.
This is the story of how, and why. Explained by Seb Stafford-Bloor
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David Beckham is nice and all... But Tifo's pick will be the ivorian international Ibrahim Sangaré.
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Yes, don't let the joke die
@@faizmukti117 Having a rough day mate?
Ffs😆
For all his celebrity and hype that came with that, Beckham was the greatest crosser and set piece taker of his generation. There are so many ‘wingers’ now who are pacey but cannot for the life of them beat their man with a cross. Beckham literally just bent it round them with ease
One trick pony but what a trick
@@GuinessOriginal He had insane work-rate. Was a decent defender, wasn't that slow in his day, had insane first touch, passin and vision, was quite physical, was a great shooter, and could dribble past players 1-on-1 just wasn't that good at tight spaces.
@@GuinessOriginal so crossing and free kicks are the same trick?
@@MacasaurusPlays it was pretty much the same technique so yeah. Helkuva trick though, that good he got away with being a one trick pony
@@MacasaurusPlays depending on which type of freekicks, to Bend It Like Beckham yes, they’re are the same, using the inside of your feet. With Ronaldo’s freekick, you use the front of your feet.
what if you wanted to go to heaven
but god said:
"in depth football coverage from the athletic is now just one pound per week"
Hahaha... you are watching too much of this channel my friend
Thank you for the shitpost my friend
Read that in Tifo’s voice lol
Damn those days ... 75 mil used to be considered as bank breaking move . Now slab heads are sold for 90mil
Harry Macquire lol
Adjusted for inflation Harry Maguire was bought for a little more than Figo was.
Migure gets too much criticism
@@AF-gd7fh no. He doesn't get enough
Blame those oil club
Now do 'How and Why Real Madrid signed Santiago Muñez'
because the producer wanted them to
You see, while Shearer-era Newcastle can definitely compete for Champions League spot each year, winning silverware is a completely different thing.
"what also didnt help was the Real Madrid acquisition of his 'counterpart' up front, the former Arsenal Striker Gavin Harris, who left for Real after only playing 3 games for Newcastle, before Santiago was even considered by Perez"
"Newcastle relied on the tactical brilliance of Dornhelm who pioneered the 4-4-4 formation. Starting with Ameobi, Harris, Kluivert AND shearer up front"
More like 'The Rise and Fall of Santiago Muñez' concluding with book 6...
Beckham never gets credit for his professionalism. He was the ultimate pro who worked harder than anyone else. He had the talent but he did the hard yards as well. That made him generational 🙌
He and Gerrard were the only English players of that generation I wanted to join Arsenal
As most of the pundits would say, Beckham’s off the pitch spotlight took away much of his on the pitch skills. He is massively underrated as a player just because he is deemed too famous. Nevertheless one of the best crossers and free kickers ever to graced the game.
U get. Spot on👌
I think only Juninho Pernambucano is better at free kicks. But Beckham has that special touch on the ball, few could do it like him
Considering today's players received a pinch of Beckham's spotlight yet failed miserably, Beckham is still a success :)
True. Which also means Ronaldo is underrated as well.
His long passes out of nowhere, right on your toe
I’m 23 for context, but Beckham is and will always be one of my favourite players I think I he’s iconic to people around my age like Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Henry, Kaka, Rooney etc were, it feels like the golden age of football
2000-2008 my favourite Champions League era
You’re not wrong I’m 25 and have been an Arsenal supporter since I can remember being the age of 5. My favorite player will always be Thierry Henry but as an English supporter Beckham will be in my all time top 5 for what he’s done for the game. Football is being diluted today and doesn’t have the same feeling in my opinion as what it did in the early 2000’s
23 as well here! That era of football was incredible bro, we were so blessed to have witnessed it, especially in our formative years
Spot on 100%
By Ronaldo you mean R9🤨
He's handsome with A lot of Clout, yet he also a great footballer. Galaticos already written on his face...
Nothing wrong but biggest mistake madrid did was choosing him over a red hot ronaldinho who was available pretty cheap in the market.
@@vatsalsingh1555 ronaldinho was not rma type
@@ibkamofa4084 he was, Real Madrid didn’t sign him cuz he was ‘ugly’ and wouldn’t get them shirt sales.
Lmao little did they know
I think Beckham and Galactico era football was the moment we saw people supporting players more than teams itself. The team loyalty doesn't exist outside the country itself but loyalty to a player is very strong (example: people who support Ronaldo from United to Madrid and now Juventus). To put it crudely: we are in the age of influencers, teams aren't the brand; the players are.
There is still a team that is the brand and has catapulted itself again this year: Real Madrid C.F.
well put. I dont like it.
David beckhams transfer to real madrid was a great success cuz of that Alex would sign the player who would become a legend straight away.....christiano ronaldo
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Whooooo... did even better at Real
@@laoganmafootballclub6632 yeah fam
@Anto Erickson apparently RM was his dream club not Man United
@Anto Erickson RM doesnt sign young talents you stupid, they only want established players
@Anto Erickson there are many reasons for his departure to RM, and both mine and your could be correct. But for your argument, sadly, we were one of the best team but not the best at that time. Ronaldo was leaving at 2007 but Sir Alex told him to stay for 1 more year. Ronaldo revealed his dream was to play for Madrid, his mum also doesnt like England as much as Spain and Ronaldo loves his mum alot. Tension started to raise between Rooney and Ronaldo especially after that World Cup in German. And originally, there were only 2 teams wanted to sign Ronaldo at Sporting which were Arsenal and Man United. Like i said before RM only wanted popular established players, and Ronaldo was no one back then.
People don't even know Becks was real close to winning the Ballon d’or at least once. His delivery and work rate on the wing was incredible. You couldn't stop a team with Becks on the right, Giggs on the left.
Was it the one in 1999?
Beckham is a real contender surely, but so is Rivaldo too
@@blituarik Rivaldo was world class but judging on the 99 season Beckham should have won the Ballon D’Or.
Rivaldo only led Barcelona to a La Liga title. Knocked out of the UCL group stages. Beckham was the top assist provider across all of Europe in 99, scored against Barcelona in the UCL, assisted goals in nearly every round of that UCL season, and the two corners in the UCL final.
His football brain as well
@@shahzadirani Dropping knowledge
@@blituarik He finished runner up to Rivaldo in 1999 and runner up to Figo in 2001, so he almost won it twice.
Funny how this lead to Makélélé being booted out of Madrid, essentially replacing an engine for a turbo charger.
Aye. And don't forget that Makélélé then became the lynchpin of Mourinho's 2005 PL winning Chelsea side after he left Real; he was an absolute beast that season. So Madrid essentially sold a Ballon d'Or-class player _before_ his prime, to make way for Beckham. (And for only like 15M pounds, if I remember correctly)
@@runi5413 In addition to selling him and firing del bosque there is a story that barcelona as going to buy beckham and utd was going for dinho to replace him, but they couldn't met his price, so madrid became the biggest contender, with dinho supposed to be going to real and beckham to barca until perez made the dumbest reason to not bug ronaldhinho thinking that he looks ugly unlike beckham who has an aura around him, ultimately it ended with dinho going to barca and ushering a new era while madrid declined with no solid DM and weakening defense while beckham started to decline and they were knocked out of R16 in CL from 2005-2010 on a row.
@@vatsalsingh1555 to some extent I think those turned out to be a win-win-win situation for all. Madrid doesn't really improve on the pitch but their marketability soared greatly. Ronaldinho, the greatest football entertainer, got to play in the club whose total-voetball ethos is to entertain their audience. United missed Ronaldinho whose work ethic and party lifestyle would definitely aroused SAF's wrath and instead signed a certain young portuguese winger who had sky-high level work ethic, in line with what SAF wanted in his players.
@@kelvinsudirman4072 Facts 🙌
@@kelvinsudirman4072 now the others would be honored to get mentioned beside that portuguese winger
Please like for "The Rise & Fall of Shinji Kagawa."
Yeah lord Moyes and van gaal ruined him
@@akg1301 still more trophies than Son, sorry to break korean and Tot fan boys' hearts
Yeah great idea guy feels super underrated
I love him 😭😭😭
@@thangchano There are way more important things in a footballer than his cabinet. Who'd you pick for your team?
Let's be honest. The only reason Beckham was sold was because Fergi didnt like Spice Girls Music
@Blaze Temp let's be honest, tell me about one game ManUnited lost that season that was about how Beckham played. He was 27,28, prime. Even Roy Keane has said he never felt DB lost ever focus,and Keane criticizes everyone lol
Yeah, he was more of an 'All Saints' kinda guy.
@@nickhamblin8179 😂😂😂😂 I think he still listens to the all saints ☠️
SAF could never tolerate any player who fell out of line (according to him).
Falling out of line can just be making more money than him.
Man...I forgot just how much Zidane cost. £70m! In 2001! That's fucking crazy money back then.
Yeah, back then that was enough money to buy at least 5 Makélélé's😃
Probably would've gotten a lot more silverware...
@@runi5413 what a stupid comment. As if 5 Makas in your midfield would bring silverware lol
The Spanish government bought Zidane to Madrid
Laporta’s failure to bring beckham to barca lead to the signing of ronaldinho and the rest is history.
And Manchester United replaced Beckham with a guy called Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest is history.
The thing Is that United was so close to sign Ronaldinho after Beckham went to Real. But when Laporta saw that Beckham would not arrive at Barcelona he approached Ronaldinho who was with one leg already at Manchester. Later on Ronaldinho chose Catalans instead of United thus leaving the Devils need to find another solution for a right wing. And then in August a certain Portuguese teenager caught an eye of Sir Alex... What a crazy rollercoaster that summer was
as great as Ronaldinho was he wasnt at barca for long and didnt create history past being loved by fans and creating special moments
@@LucaEnzo
"Didn't create history" I'm not one of those guys who put him above Messi and Cristiano in terms of greatness, but saying his legacy is nothing but fans' respect and good moments is too much.
Ronaldinho is the main responsible for starting the "Barcelona era". Other great players had player for the club but Barcelona never took that next step with them. But with Ronaldinho and internet's growth, Barcelona started to be recognized as a top tier club despite only having 2 Champions League titles and being much behind Real Madrid in domestic success. After Pep arrived and Messi peaked, the rest is history.
Barcelona is a now a synonym for beautiful football and also considered one of the greatest clubs in the world, despite its relatively recent success (which is something that prevents people from saying Chelsea and City are top clubs in England, for instance). Ronaldinho was the guy who will always be remembered as that turning point.
Imagine if united had ronoldhinio and cr7 in the same team
Probably one of the best dead ball experts ever seen in our beautiful game. That last minute free kick against Greece in 2001 still covers me in goosebumps.
" Bend it like Beckham " 💫❤
Bend the boot like Fergie.
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Underrated comment
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Can you do the story of the 2009 real madrid transfer window
It was crazy. Vid would be very nice
David Beckham has played for some of the best clubs in the world. From united , real madrid, ac milan and retired at PSG. Also played for la galaxy at the MLS. His career spanned for 21 years from 1992-2013.
According to sir alex Ferguson, “ David Beckham is England's finest striker of football not because of god gifted talent but because he practices with relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate”
David Beckham is a graduate of saf's manchester united which believes in the hard-working approach of mastering the technique and acquiring skills. It was known that Beckham would practice his free-kick for hours after the training session, no wonder why his free-kick were difficult to stop. He is not just the best free-kick taker but also the best crosser this game has ever seen. Van nistelrooy or raul would tell about his pin-point accurate crosses. He was also a great passer and could make the killer passer to create a scoring opportunity. He was also a good dribbler , especially in 1v1 situations.
Beckham is no paul scholes who can dictate the gameplay. He’s no Keane or viera in making those tough tackles.He’s no makalele or kante that are ball-winners.He's no zidane or ozil who has a great ball-control and a godly first touch. He's no xavi or iniesta in building the game. He's no pirlo who can transition the game from defense to offense in no time. Beckham has literally practiced the basics of the game and mastered it. He knows the art of when to pass, when to shoot and when to dribble. He's no ball-hogger like Cristiano Ronaldo or neymar. The success of david Beckham is solely based on his pure hard work. His career made people believe that there's no shortcut and to reach the peak one must do immense hardwork and dedicate himself 100% into the job.
According to George best, “ he can't kick with his left foot, he can't head, he can't tackle and he doesn't score many goals and apart from that he's alright”. This pretty much summed Beckham's style of play. He has a great right foot that can make pin-point crosses and precise passes which might look easy but is very difficult to master. A set-piece expert with a bending free kicks difficult to stop for gk's. Many tried to “bend it like Beckham” but none were like his. Beckham is appreciated for his work-rate and longevity in his career. Despite achieving a lot in his career , sir alex believes Beckham could've been the best player or a better player than he actually was. He also ended up as the runner-up in both ballon d or and fifa world player of the year award in 1999.
David Beckham is surely one of the best players of this game , not the finest. But on his day ,Beckham would surely outclass the best. According to Beckham, “ I just want people to know me as a hardworking footballer and someone who is passionate about the game”.
Finally, it is a pity that his celebrity status overshadowed his fantastic football career. He's more than just a shirt-selling player. He made many people to follow football . A global superstar david Beckham is surely the icon of modern football. His legacy would never be matched by any in the upcoming years.
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I started watching football because of David Beckham and thanks to his superstar status even 20 years ago when I actually started watching football. Funny enough a year or two into watching football I chose Arsenal as my fav team because of Thierry Henry and this has not changed and will never change but I will always remember that Beckham brought me to the game and is one of my all time favs till this day!
top quality content yet again, surprised i found this channel in it's early days, even more surprised you haven't got that well deserved 1 million yet
One of greatest achievements was being totally bombed by Capello with no way back yet managed to not only get back in the team became a key player
Plus capello picked him for England too based on his contribution. Tm
Terrible manager for England.
I love it how in the video it's always stormy and raining in Manchester! I realise it's to depict the fractious relationship between Fergie and Beckham but it also very accurate. We're Manchester born and bred but man does our weather suck 🤣
I was raised in Mcr but live on sth coast now.
It doesn't always rain in Mcr but it does stay wet for days. Now i wake up and can't tell it was raining overnight, I don't miss 'the wet'.
I do miss the people tho 😔
Such a gifted talented and hardworking professional Beckham was, fortunately Ferguson didn't regret selling him because of you know who.
It's about what you do on the pitch and not outside. Beckham was a world class player right up until he left R Madrid in 2007
The fact that RM could have signed Ronaldinho and they didn't because they weren't appeased by him still baffles me.
And Barca actually wanted Beckham, Ronaldinho was second choice
They didn't sign Ronaldinho because he couldn't sell shirts like Beckham. Football was second in Perez's list
@@purushothaman6698 and that's why real failed to live upto expectation...
@@purushothaman6698 That's why Galacticos helped Real succeed in their balance sheets and not on the football pitch.
@@farhanlabib3886 if anything the Galacticos did exactly what they were supposed to do - earn Real Madrid money. It's because of this era that Madrid still hold a high degree of financial clout in 2021, with us being more than 800 million in debt
Love the content!! Love from California
One weird thing I've just been thinking over is that though he often romanticised staying humble, working hard, being all for the club and not for oneself, Ferguson always seemed to prefer the glamorous starboys like Ronaldo and Beckham. The only humble guy he gave a break to was Scholes, who was indispensable anyway. Maybe this is a lesson in that while humility is a grace, it's not to be shoved down the throat as better for the career than confidence.
no one has ever reached the starlight and popularity David Beckham had across the world and has still now he is in the top 3 most famous footballer in China, he was so popular for his appeal and brand and looks people forget and like to underestimate how good his football skills were, when he still has the highest amount of goals from a freekick in the PL and is yet to be broken, bend it like beckham
Title the artist received: 'Why Real Madrid signed Fernando Torres'
You never saw Becks in 2003 did ya?
Becks is one of the most underrated footballers
Another random fact. DB started on the bench against Real M, but Sebastian Veron started the game; but no one had seen him because he had been injured for like 3 months and hadn't even played 90mins yet. So Ferguson trusted an unfit mismatch for the team over DB against RMadrid🤔
Kind of puts Fergie's recent comments about Ole into perspective, when Fergie said: "I know, but you should always start with your best players" into perspective. Alex forgot to add: "Unless you have a personal or off-the-field issue with any of those best players ... in which case, leave them out, like I did."
Its purely commercial factor. Perhaps Beckham sells jersey/kit better than Amazon.
Great video as always @tifofootball but away from the football analytics, i really love the back ground beats you use. Any help with where i can get them? Thanks.
Loved the time he played with Milan ❤️🖤
This was superb. Thanks Tifo
Nice explaination of beckham's history👍👍
I grew up living near Beckham, and used to knock on his door after school on a regular basis...the guy was so nice to me and my friend, even recognised us after a few visits and joked saying "I hope you're not selling these at school". He was United through and through, and he never wanted to leave.
The Bye Bye Becks VHS was heartbreaking. He literally said, when he was told he was going, he was in tears for days. Obviously, he went on to great things but it's so sad that he was (and still is) probably the biggest United fan in the world and, if it were up to him, I doubt he'd ever have left United.
Bro I’m tryna go to sleep and you drop a video like this. Smh I’m not getting up for class on time 😭
This was really interesting, could you possibly do a similar video on Ronaldo’s move to Juventus? It seems like a modern day repeat to this
Love the video
this song is amazing. Beckham was incredible
This beat is fire though 🔥🔥 you could put it on Samurai Champloo and it would fit in seamlessly❤️
Any chance Tifo can do a video on the Fai and john Delaney . It’s an unbelievable story .
That beck's drawing is more like Guti than Beckham
Hahaha 😅 Guti was some player! Underatted out of The Football World!
Florentino: Hello Beckham...
Del Bosque: Bye Makelele... bye league titles...
Real Madrid traded on the field success for commercial success by buying Beckham and allowing Makelele to leave.
They didn't really need Beckham for the balance of the side or for footballing reasons... as good as he was, they had Figo playing RM.
Totally accurated.
Real Madrid should've gone for Ibrahim sangare
Ya so sad😭😭😭
As a madridista , the beckham deal was poisonous for us.
First we missed out on ronaldinho for lesser price ,only because perez wanted a marketable player
And the most important, was the backdrop of this deal, when makele was sold, everything changed after that. The team balance was disrupted in such a way we couldnt reach semi finals for years to come. His shoes were impossible to fill by the squad and ultimately, the galacticos ended up as a lost cause
I think thats why perez signed alonso first during the second wave of the galacticos
Makalele - best cdm ever🙌
@@christianopulinaldo8319 Yes - much better than likes of busquets
But Beckham put Madrid in World stage... Great marketing stunt
@@saupi5256 Madrid would've been on the stage anyways. But look what was the cost- La decima
For 12 years real had to wait for the dream that the likes of raul, rodondo, casillas,hierro, carlos made us dream of. Perez under his first tenure favoured marketting instead of what is good for the club resulting in decline of our dominance but later changed that perception after seeing what happened to our once great squad.
@@saupi5256 what world stage ??? before his arrival Madrid already won 3 champions league in 5/6 season
A couple of steps down from the other stars in the madrid side. Re second leg, of united/madrid. The outcome of that tie was never in doubt.
Hi Tifo , football can you do a video about Paul scholes , pls
I like that in 2003 they contacted via smartphones.
This might be the wrong place, but any chance of doing a video about Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buying Wrexham A.F.C. and what that might mean for the team in the long run? Or is it to early to make a video about that?
Short answer: cause of a fallout between him and Ferguson and when he threw the boot at his face . Ferguson was annoyed because of Beckham's popularity and his relationship with Victoria and that flying boot to his face was the final nail in the coffin
That alone, makes him a Real Madrid legend
25 million is about right for Beckhams talent. His image was worth more but it worked out better Utd. By getting Rooney and Ronaldo Utd are the real winners
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David Beckham was so good at Real Madrid he had legends around him
Yeah Beckham was so good at Real Madrid the club never won anything when since he arrived in the club.
Real Madrid only managed to win La Liga on his 4th and last season at the club. When manager Fabio Capello benched Beckham in favor of Jose Antonio Reyes (on loan from Arsenal).
@@iMadrid11 it's not that Beckham was bad but that they lost defensive stability when they sold Makelele
@@azlankhan4172 selling mukelel is till date Papa Perez's worst decision
@@azlankhan4172 Beckham flopped at Madrid.
Err @tifo wheres the location of your building that we saw in the background 😁
What a video👏🏻👏🏻😍
Whoever does these thumbnails pictures is amazing
Beckham's transfer was the most dramatic ,It was the first time that football fans knew that success in football was only based on financial power .
Long over were the days were football fan would argues whose team created more talent than others teams .
The only exception to this phenomenon was the Messi,xavi and ineista back in the early 2000s up until the time of this comment .
However,there is hope for Barcelona at this time,as we see ansu faty and gavi as raising talents .
In conclusion ,nothing is ever possible in sports without a club having hundreds of millions to keep things going.
Not really in relation to the video, but my thoughts on Becks leaving United when he did: Of our midfield which consisted of Giggs, Scholes, Keane and Becks, Becks was easily the most replaceable. Keane was great but unfortunately his body broke down by 33, Giggs and Scholes, especially Giggs, possessed superior footballing intelligence which allowed them to reinvent themselves into completely different players (once their physical attributes had diminished) and played elite level football well into ages they had no right to. Of the 4, and if 1 had to leave, Becks leaving was definitely the best choice.
Seriously now?just because he was replaced by a freak of nature,he was replacable?he was equal to gigsy,SAF is stubborn
Hold up. Giggs is, at least, a couple of levels above Becks. There's a reason Fergie said he only coached 4 truly world-class players, and those four were Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes and Cantona.
IMO I'd think a level below that you'd find your 'amazing players' like Schmeichel, Ruud, Van Persie, Van de Sar, Rooney, Keane, Rio, Irwin etc, and then another level below that you'd find your 'great players' like Becks, Ole, Vidic, Gary, Teddy, Cole, Yorke etc, and then come the 'very good players' like Nani, Park, Pallister, Bruce, Phil, Butt etc.
Frankly I disagree..if you take a look at the matches becks played in madrid..you will see him utilise his amazing passing range as a deep lying playmaker..nd when u consider the rise of people like prilo and the like..I do see him lasting longer than Scholes in the man u shirt..becks had better passing range and was equally as intelligent
Fair Point, but I remember Beckham mostly playing along the right line at Man U. Best crosses in the game, sure. Always a threat from set pieces, but not much more. It wasn't until Real Madrid that he started playing midfield for real. Lobbing good passes from his own half, moving deftly all over the midfield and even defending reasonably well sometimes. Don't think he would have evolved had he stayed at Man U, it was definitely for the best
He was the best player during the treble season
Football is The Beautiful Game - and there are fewer images as aesthetically pleasing as David Beckham just before he strikes a dead ball. Left arm extended, upper body leaning back, standing foot firmly planted while that golden right came in to hit the ball at just the right place with the right pace, power and precision in harmonious concert. It was a complex physics equation of multiple variables being solved in seconds with one swing of the boot. It was a technique I studied for hours and hours attempting to replicate, not only because this was the premier set-piece expert in the world but because it looked like poetry in motion. I don't know if I'm right in saying this but it seems the modern game is bereft of free kick virtuosos, players who could put the fear of God in opponents when a foul was given. So maybe that's why Beckham has always been special to me. He didn't just deliver the goods - he did it in a way that just looked so damn beautiful.
An absolutely underrated player whose work ethic, vision and technical skills were overshadowed by the Megastar that he became - I can't think of many who rival his crossover appeal apart from the man who inherited the No.7 at Old Trafford. But above all, a player synonymous with pinpoint accuracy on the ball. You have the Roberto Carlos shuffle, the Ronaldo power stance, the casual Pirlo step-up among others - but I would take Bend it like Beckham's graceful technique any day of the week.
And yet he never made it to a World Cup or European Championship final, not even a semi final. Harry Kane did.
@@cupcakefairy87 Ah yes. But what does Harry Kane take away after he reaches a final? (Hint: It's not a trophy)
Edit: As an England fan it makes me cry. But as a non-Spurs fan, it's just bafflingly funny
@@SujoyChakravarthi93 And what trophies has Beckham won? Kane has talent, but he always goes missing when the team needs him the most....
@@cupcakefairy87 Let's see-
The Premier League
The FA Cup
The League Cup
The Champions League
Ligue 1 Trophy
La Liga
Supercopa de Espana
(And some MLS trophies but I won't list them)
He also won a few individual honours, including finishing runner up in Ballon d'Or voting and twice runner up for FIFA World Player of The Year. Not bad for someone who wasn't an out and out goalscorer.
I'm beginning to feel you don't know much about David Beckham, mate...
@@SujoyChakravarthi93 Didnt win the World Cup or the Euros though. Nothing on an international level... But he did achieve many things for the clubs he has played for, I gotta give it to him. Harry Kane won nothing for either club or country....He's like the Tim Henman of international football.
David Beckham: The Original Cristiano Ronaldo of Marketing
Nice video
Real Madrid v Manchester United reminds me of the wild west Pepsi advert. What a classic!
In all seriousness though, one league title in four years during time at the club just goes to show that a club can have all the stars, but its an issue when they don't click.
This video is for those who doesn't know that football transfer fees are never just about football
Il never forget when he left my club Manchester United I was 9 and I cried so hard when he left but I loved and always followed him wherever he went it was just a Shame he didn’t finish his career at united if he didn’t fallout with Fergie and the celebrity lifestyle
I wish soccer was promoted in America at this time. I missed so many great players and teams.
It was promoted more from Beckham's transfer to LA onwards. Back then, the MLS was really a nothing league with many of the teams playing on American football fields.
because he is a great footballer and a great popstar in the football world
Beckham was one of the best in the world during his prime years at United, his falling out with Sir Alex is without doubt one of the few mistakes you can genuinely say Sir Alex made, it took us 3 years to recover from his departure and Beckham himself was never the same player at Madrid imho.
It is was because of his fitness level.
Can we do a USMNT video? like up and coming players and talk about the 2026 world cup
An ad after 140 seconds is predatory
Can you do a video on how Laporta failing to sign Beckham turned him to Ronaldinho and kicked off Barcelona's most dominant era
Ronald koeman - Three at the back !!!!!!
please
Man utd always allowing expensive players go on the cheap, while usually spending much on average players.
Most annoying instance is giving pogba to juventus free and getting him back on a record fee.
Beckham is my favourite player of all time
Plz make a video on veron in united
never been so early, like so early I haven't even watched quality content in a while
Imagine the impact Ronaldo had on Real Madrid if this is what Beckham did. wow
A modern day 3 4 3 with Beckham on the right of the 4👌🏻
I´dreally appreciate a Tifo video on Florentino Perez and his ability to see the future of football before most did.
"He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right."
George Best
Are we sure George was completely sober when he said that though? Just kidding, I remember when that happened. But in fairness, Becks was more dedicated to the game than the (obviously) more-naturally-allrounder George managed. Sadly, his addiction to alcohol proved to be more important to Best than his physical well-being.
The type of questions i like answered
How did Raul ,Owen ,Ronaldo R9 ,Figo ,Zidane and David Beckham fitted in the same team ? Someone help me understand .How was the line up look like ? Who was playing often ?
That galactico shitstorm was probably the most hilarious and profound failure in football. Of course Perez made a ton of greens but, in football terms, the madrid team in mid-late 00s was a joke.
People say Beckham is a brand. That's correct but it's a shame that they often forget the great footballer that he was.
How I wish I could go back to 2000
Can someone please tellme the name of the beat in the background!!
People in the comments comparing Beckham to modern wingers make a flawed argument. Beckham played in a different system to the modern wide player. His skill set is probably more comparable to a KDB type player and so if he was playing in the current era would likely player in more of a central position. FYI I am not saying he is the same or better than KDB just that there are overlaps in terms of their strengths.
Beckham could have played as a winger in this era as well.
“Yea.... imma bend it at the bernabeu
Bernabendit ⚽️” - David B
I remember using Real all the time in FIFA 04 for PS2
that galactico team was a reminder to the football world - you can earn millions on revenue if you splash your cash on celebrity players but if you want to win trophies, you need to bulid your team with good chemistry...
6:31 wonder if that shot is intentional. Perez and Sanchez look at the giant choco Beckham like one of them is saying "So what, it's just a statue." and the other one is going "HOLY SHIT THAT IS SO COOL!"
Beckham is the best crosser in football history. He could cross you the ball even if you're on the moon.
It's amazing that once we had great wide playmakers like Beckham,Giggs but now we're having mediocre players like Rashford and James playing those positions.😢😢😢
Rashford isn’t bad and James came from the championship no one expected a 20+ goal scorer so calling them mediocre is a stretch
Bruh then there is those two guarding our goal, once it was Rio and Vidic and now, Dr Gea could have been world class but...
Rashford is decent tbf
@@christianopulinaldo8319 yep, quite decent especially when we got him for free, unlike 53 mils Martial
Pls can you cover one of the most underdog story ever. Its for my team apoel nicosias from cyprus that went on to qualify to the quarter final of champions league with the team only costinh at about 15 million . Pls like so tifo can see
Still waiting for the one about Ronaldinho
Sadly Beckham arrival was exactly at the same time the departure of Makelele (Zidane said about this "Why would you add another layer of gold on the Bentley if you remove the engine ?"). It s not directly because of Beckham that the Real became weaker.