![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/david-beckham-lifts-lid-on-two-issues-that-frustrated-sir-alex-ferguson-after-meeting-victoria/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Untitled-1-3.jpg&description=David Beckham left Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United for La Liga champions Real Madrid in July 2003 - ending the academy graduate's 12-year spell at Old Trafford David Beckham claims legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wanted him to concentrate on his career and marry a "local girl" after he first got together with Victoria. Beckham was one of Ferguson's most important players at United during the late nineties and early noughties, but he became a global celebrity after marrying Victoria in 1999. The singer, affectionately known as 'Posh Spice', was part of the Spice Girls. Ferguson sold Beckham to Real Madrid in 2003, just months after he kicked a boot at the player's head. Their relationship had deteriorated in the lead up to the transfer, with Ferguson later claiming his "application level had dropped" in his autobiography. Beckham was asked about his relationship with Ferguson in his new four-part Netflix documentary called 'Beckham'. The former England captain was happy to tell his side of events, with Ferguson also contributing to the eagerly-anticipated docuseries. "Well he (Beckham) changed, there is no doubt about that," said Ferguson in 'Beckham'. "Media attention he was getting and becoming a celebrity was different from what I wanted. Getting David to keep his feet on the ground became more difficult." Yet Beckham disagrees with that verdict. Beckham, who also played for LA Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain during his career, claims that fame "definitely didn't change me" and wanted to become a celebrity to have a post-football career. Beckham explained: "I didn't want anything to come in the way of the football but I knew my career was going to end at some point. And I wanted to have a career after football and that ate away at the manager, he just wanted me to be the best footballer I could be and be married to a local girl that wasn't a superstar." Ferguson was critical of Beckham's desire for fame in his 2013 autobiograph){kind=link}
David Beckham left Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United for La Liga champions Real Madrid in July 2003 – ending the academy graduate’s 12-year spell at Old Trafford
David Beckham claims legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wanted him to concentrate on his career and marry a “local girl” after he first got together with Victoria.
Beckham was one of Ferguson’s most important players at United during the late nineties and early noughties, but he became a global celebrity after marrying Victoria in 1999. The singer, affectionately known as ‘Posh Spice’, was part of the Spice Girls.
Ferguson sold Beckham to Real Madrid in 2003, just months after he kicked a boot at the player’s head. Their relationship had deteriorated in the lead up to the transfer, with Ferguson later claiming his “application level had dropped” in his autobiography.
Beckham was asked about his relationship with Ferguson in his new four-part Netflix documentary called ‘Beckham’. The former England captain was happy to tell his side of events, with Ferguson also contributing to the eagerly-anticipated docuseries.