Manchester United fan, David Beckham, who is currently on loan for a few months at AC Milan, has today claimed he will do everything he can to knock United out of the Champions League this season.
“I will do all I can to beat Manchester United,” said Beckham. “Manchester United are a great team, and to beat them we need a great Milan performance, but also some luck. The important thing when you get to these big games is to be ready. It will be emotional for me as it’s the first time I’ve played against Manchester United since leaving them seven years ago. It will also be the first time that I hope they lose. I play for Milan now and so my objective is to play a great game so we can go through.”
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Ok becks, we get it, you support united but play for Milan so have to be proffessional. If I hear this said again I might start pulling my hair out.
i get it becks
he’s a glory hunting twat. he still is.. he’s having his last 15 min of glory, must be burning seeing his best mates win trophies galore while he plays in a pensioners team… eat your heart out becks.. go on do ur underwear ads while the real men play football on the pitch..!
If he had not listened to that lollypop headed troll of a wife, he would have had more titles on his chest.
Fuck off back to madrid, or america.
Perk your image rights.
all the johny do-gooder’s that log on this site, and say “oh becks what a legend, everything he did for us… and so on and so on..”, can have that rammed down there stupid throat’s now.. he used this club for all matter of reasons, and just like all the rest of them greedy fuckin footballers out there he dosent, and prolly never give a flying fuck about who he plays for, he didnt give a fuck about utd when he left, and he still dont give a fuck… granted the lad could cross a ball, and ping a pass, apart from that he was an average player in a great utd team.. and i hope that one day he looks back at what he achieved in his career, and just like’ ronaldo, van-nistelroy.. they think to themselves ” well fuck me utd was, are, and still will be the best team in the world, and why the fuck did we leave”…..
shmoo, if you think that about EVERY footballer, you are sadly mistaken.
can you believe this is 7 years tomorrow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/2775269.stm
i didnt say” every “i said ” the rest of them “.. and when i say that , you know who i mean..
@mancstan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzm10xiKJo
@ GHTT
I know time flies doesn’t it mate, almost as fast as the boot SAF pinged at Becks head lol!! Thats what he needed at that time tho and he should have apologised for being a dick got his head down, told his stick woman to shut the fuck up and he would probs still be a red today!!
I’m with Shmoo.
Fuck him!
@ gotta hate tiny tears
No volume on my works ‘puter.
Your kid is very cute though.
Hope you are well enough for tuesday!!
I wouldnt expect any other statement from a Model Professional!
The Beckham Circus is coming to town, the media frenzy is here! He is going to be asked many many questions and i am sure he is going to be politicaly correct with his answers!
I do think he would love to get one over fergie who i dont think he will ever forgive 100% for booting him out of Old Trafford!
He is a Man U fan and always will be!
He might getting on in years but he always has been a big game player. He plays at his best when he is challanged or in games where he needs a performance. He will be one to watch more so than ronaldinho!
mancstan
sory mate it was just to do with what you where saying
the words where
Oh you should of hung around to play with wayne except you chased all that money off to spain just a little boy from peckham became SUPERSTAR BECKHAM but we will always love you all the same
trevor are you beckham’s fuckin publicist!!?
Whats new? How many times does he have to repeat himself. Why do the journos ask the same exhaustively boring questions… Of course he will try to beat us, even if he loves the fans, the club, etc as he is playing for a different team…I don’t see what all the fuss is about anyway; he might be on the bench for both legs and could not feature at all!
Bit of a pointless statement really, he’s not going to come out and say ‘im going to knock one in my own net and get sent off’
He also said that SAF was like a father figure to him and that he doesn’t have any bad memories. Anyway, can’t wait to face him tomorrow. Having grown up during his emergence it will definitely feel weird playing against him. Love you Becks, but Milan will lose.
C**T!! haha only joking. What else is he going to say?
Brilliant footballer, fantastic professional, regardsless of what has happened in the past.
Would have been wonderful to see him, Giggs, Neville and Scholes finish their careers together at the same team as they started out in, but it wasn’t to be.
I’ll settle for a draw tommorow, I expect us to do the business at OT.
costas
same here i grew up with beckham as my favourite player, and was pretty devastated when he was sold, but im looking forward to the two games as it will bring back alot of fond memories as a kid, but most important thing is that united get a result
Oh dear, i’ve just seen the interview from Becks and he didn’t say nothing like this, just the papers etc trying to twist his words as always.
When he comes to OT throw your shoes at him, lol.
Your memory is supposed to mellow with age and people you once thought at the time were arseholes or plain charlies become saints and gods. Nope, this prick is still the 2nd Paul Ince. Thought himself something he wasn’t, in his last season was completely out of possition and I remember Gary Neville getting alot of stick because most of an opposing teams attacks came down our right. Beckam thought he was Scholes and always searches for a decent central possition to shoot from instead of spreading the play and stretching the oppositions play. He became more of a hinderance than of any use. If he plays against us then good, thats one tacticla battle won. And a word for Mr Beckham, if you score mate it doesn’t mean we need you, or miss you or were wrong to get rid, just look at TEVEZ.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks Becks is a twat.
This becks saga should not distract us.milan will talk it up and hope it distracts us.if leonardo has some common sense he wont start beckham.
legend. best right foot this country’s ever had.
if he gets asked the same thing over and over course he’s gonna say the same thing. idiot.
@shmoo
No a realistic!
He fuckin hardly is going to come out and say i will do everything to ensure united win what fucking idot would do that!
Pointing out that he will be politicaly correct with any answers he gives as any model professional would!
I will laugh like Skeletor when Becks screams like a girl after Scholes snaps his supermodel knee in half
My god some of the reaction on here is unbelievable. What do people expect him to say. ‘ yeah I’m not gonna turn up and just pass to a Manchester United player everytime I get the ball, y’know, y’know. I love Man Utd so I will throw the game so they can win.’
He plays for Milan now so as his employers he will have to perform to the best of his ability regardless of who he is playing against. Get over it. It is just some poor Journo looking for a sound byte to wind us up. I can guarentee it will be in the sun tomorrow or some other gobshite tabloid red top paper.
Becks was a good player in his time at Manchester United. He served his purpose, he was sold. People move on and play for other teams. I for one will applaud him when he comes back to OT for the second leg.
LUHG
@super John O Shea
My Main worry about becks is that he always lifts his game in the big games! He is a big game player and always has been!
I wouldnt be supprised at all if he cracks in a 25 yard peach!
Add to that all the extra hype for the game & i am sure it will provide extra motivation for the Milan team not that they fucking need any!
Fergie has been quoted saying they are adapting without Kaka and they are not the same team, Quite cute of Fergie another one of his mind games. Im sure the Leonardo is saying simular things. They are adapting without Ronaldo and we are not the same team which is exactly true!
We have a fucking hard game on our hands, that kid pato is a real handful, Add to that Pirlo, Ronaldinho & Sedorf!
shmoo – Spot on. Ronnie take note. Oops sorry Brett!!
Ain’t seen much of him but just HOW good is Pato? Or just another over rated cunt?
King Eric
are you serious you havent seen him?. Top drawer striker. Will be come the best in the world in a few years. Just 20 and already Milans main man.rio and Jonny wont have it easy tomorrow.Not the tallest but has pace and makes very clever runs.Those who have seen him play in Brazil say he has been ‘touched by the hand of genius’.37 goals in 83 games for Milan at this age isnt bad.
once he plays against us, he was never ever a red devil , never , from the past and now , even he is considered to be old.
aig – Yeah deadly serious. I have no time whatsoever to sit through Seria A games. Did alot of that in the early nineties when it used to be channel 4 with James Richardson and frankly I would rather have my testicles surgically removed than sit through that shit.
I asked that because prior to every European game people hype players up. Everyone warned me about Ibrahimovic . Never seen him play well. Balotelli another.
@King Eric
you were younger that time mate. Now you are working so naturally you must be getting very little time.I have lots of time on my hands plus my job is related to watching as many games as i can so i can watch these games.Sometimes they are damn boring though especially when Inter Milan play.The most boring side to watch along with Chelsea. Their clash will be a total snoozefest
Just wikipedia’d him . Did not realise he ain’t even called Pato. That means duck. His surname is da Silva.
aig – Your job is related to watching as many games as you can? What do you do mate, you lucky sod?
beckham was a very good player for utd and made decent money on his transfer so i have no problem with him.his celebrity took over from his football thats the reason sir alex got rid of him.at this stage of his career he needs shit like this to keep him in the spotlight,lets face it he’s way past his best i hope he plays carn’t see him being a factor
fuck off beckham u r shit!
I should add that Beckham’s quote was: ” As an AC Milan player we want to win this tie. I want to beat Manchester United and to say that as a Manchester United fan is quite difficult”.
@King Eric
Hey, my time in England did coincide with Channer 4 airing Serie A. I used to watch it a lot. At the time there was a big interest for Serie A because David Platt played for Sampdoria. But the main reason I watched it, was because I was a huge fan of Roberto Baggio. He is the one player I always wanted to see in our shirt.
Costas – Yeah Baggio was quality mate. Remember around that time the huge hype around George Weah at Milan!!
@King Eric
Working in a TV Guidance Channel. Being a Sports and Football buff i have to recommend sports program that the viewers should watch and give details about these matches(all sports including football). Wont last forever though, just working for experience. Have to quit my job in 6-8 months and start my management studies.
And we’re ready to kick your ass back to LA
: )
@King Eric
Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while! It must be said that while Serie A might be more enjoyable to watch now(due to the foreign influence), at the time English teams had a horrible time playing against Italians.
The Milan team of early 90s was class.Maldini,Van Basten, Rijkaard,Gullit, Baresi,costacurta were all great players.
aig – That s a right job mate! Lucky man, just a shame its only work experience.
@King Eric
Yup. Enjoying it as much i can now because i am gonna have a real hard time,maybe will have to miss a few games as well when it comes to studies a few months later. Still not given up hope of doing something similar to what i am doing now in the future.
really dissapointed vidic is going to miss the Milan game.Although the team have had little difficulty in the premier since hes been out I felt he would be invaluable with his european experience in us bringing back a very good result.I hear hes booked in this thursday for a haircut and fingernails treatment so that will mean three weeks on the injury list.Christ hes getting his toes done as well that him for the rest of the season now.
super John O Shea
well said. legend.
I’ll be utterly embarrased if he gets booed when he return to Old Trafford. The man did so much for United when he was here and was absolutely magical to watch at times. He was my one of my big football heroes when I grew up supporting United and in my book he’s a legend for sure.
aig – Re your Milan teams of the nineties. I was a fan of Donodoni and Albertini. Two Milan greats.
Stenis – Despite some of the negative comments David WILL get a good reception at OT, I am pretty sure of that.
parryheld – Ha ha! Nice one pal.
@King Eric
Forgot to mention them. They had so many great players.Excellent team in the 90s . They did well in Europe even then.They always seem to get it right in Europe and always struggle in the league.
Publicity seeking fucking muppet. If he gave a shit about us he would have put football before his other interests and he would still be here. Who really gives a shit about david beckham, or indeed the endless drivel eminating from his mouth.
Scott the Red, Beckham’s departure from United hit you hard, didn’t it?
Your bitterness towards the man is quite astounding and these articles sniping about him wanting to beat United are juvenile crap.
At the risk of stirring things up again, I think he’ll get a good reception at OT because those most likely to be booing him will be outside the stadium in self-imposed exile congratulating themselves on how they ‘showed Europe’ as the G&G campaign blows itself out.
In footballing terms, his dead ball skills were legendary and he was a great team player. I for one will be looking away tomorrow night, if Milan are awarded a free kick to left side of our box….
He never whinged about anything, never pulled his face and his on field demeanour was always spot on. And let’s not forget that Beckham’s tenure at United was £good for both parties. Sure, he lined up lot’s of lucrative personal deals and clearly some of the contributors to this thread get a little hot under the collar when they write about him in underwear (I could speculate as to why, but I won’t…) but seriously, how many number 7 shirts did we shift globally?!
At the end of the day, he was a model professional and a decent chap all round. I used to see him out and about town quite often (particularly before he became a global brand) and he always had time for anyone who wanted to talk to him.
But a global brand he is and I remember driving around LA while he was still a Madrid player with months left on his contract and seeing the big signs with his name in lights: “Beckham comes to the Galaxy”. H’mmm, God only knows what the Americans made of that. Milan certainly value him to have him back under two different coaches. Or is it all down to his mate Silvio Berlusconi?
But footy fans are fickle and some of those who did a great job defending and supporting him when he needed it after the Argentina world cup match, will probably give him a hard time in a few weeks. I think he can take it though.
I can’t believe the reception you guys are giving him on this site. He’s just being professional, whilst reminding us he still obviously supports us.
What do you want him to say..’I don’t care about Milan because I just want United to win’. No, he has a job to do..and its [un]fortunate we got drawn together. I hope we all give him an amazing response in a couple of weeks time.
Fantastic player for us, gave his all and still speaks so fondly of the club. Top class, and good luck to him. Apart from these two games!
Becks hates Glazer.
NFT.
@Paul H
I think he will get a good reception also. He didnt leave old trafford in great circumstances. It wasnt his fault to be honest, i think it was fergie not being able to accept his World Wife Popularity and Beckham being in the spotlight. Add o that the Bitch of a wife he has!
Anyhow, i actualy admire Becks for the way he conducted himself after he left Old Trafford. he has never slated the club, or slated fergie to the extent he could have!
At real madrid he nearly single handedly won real the title, Ever goal near the end came from becks. A cross or shot. Was certainly phenominal stuff!
6 months prior to the end of his real madrid contract capello dropped him publicly, said if he has signed for another team he isnt a real madrid player… Blah blah blah!
What was beckhams responce,?? Did he throw his toys out of his pram? Did he publicly slate capello? Hell no, he knuckled down and forced capello play him.. When he got into the team, cappelo couldnt leave him out! He played him in the last 3 matches with an injury! ..What a way to respond!
Beckham is a big game player, He might not have the legs but by god he will be up for this game!
Can evra stop him, hell yes but i still think becks has the ability to hurt us at some point! Any Free kick within 30 yards is a possibilty!
One of the other things about this game is that the becks circus will certainly give the Milan team a little extra lift not that they fucking need it!
Settle Down Becks, I watch you in Los Angeles, You’re not that great anymore. Patty E will make you look a pillock.
LUHG
@Trevor you’re right. The closing stages of his Madrid career were unbelievable. Talk about belief. Talk about professionalism. Then he went and proved to Capello (this time as England manager) that he could come back again and do a job.
I think knowledgable football fans across the globe will acknowledge him as one of the game’s greats. I think if certain United fans could put aside their ‘traitor’ views then they would agree.
Interesting debate for another thread and perhaps even a vote: what makes a United legend?
From the modern era (90s onwards), I’ll throw a few names out there to see what folks think. I don’t necessarily agree with some of the names but let’s see. There will be a theme….and a few cult figures
Bryan Robson
Steve Bruce
Brian McClair
Mark Hughes
Eric Cantona
Peter Schmeichel
Roy Keane
Ryan Giggs
Paul Ince
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Andy Cole
Dwight Yorke
David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Gary Neville
Cristiano Ronaldo
Edwin Van Der Sar
Patrice Evra
Darren Fletcher
Teddy Sheringhan
Mark Hughes
“The Shankill Skinhead Said,
February 15th, 2010 @20:42
Publicity seeking fucking muppet. If he gave a shit about us he would have put football before his other interests and he would still be here. ”
well its abit hard to stay when your being forced out?? everyone knows becks wanted to stay here for the rest of his career but weren’t up to him at the end of the day. quality player for us and a proper red, legend.
What a bitter and twisted bunch we have on this site!
Becks gives a class interview, referring to how great a club United is and how much he owes Fergie who he describes as an “incredible man” but as far as your concerned he’s lieing and only saying it for the money!!??
Same type of comments are said about Ronaldo despite everything he says.
Sad, bitter fools …get a life!
“I will do all I can to beat Manchester United,”
Media twisting Beckhams words again, tut tut.
Legends in my book (The rest, not at this time):
Bryan Robson
Brian McClair
Eric Cantona
Peter Schmeichel
Roy Keane
Ryan Giggs
Paul Ince (Barely made it in on account he bin dipped later)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Paul Scholes
Gary Neville
Edwin Van Der Sar
Patrice Evra
Teddy Sheringham
Belay that.
Strike Ince of that list.
What else is he expected to say………!
Common sense, (not what Beckham is famous for) but at least he has experience now as Sir Alex put it.
good for u becks, nobody gives a shit
@Jack
Exactly. There’s no point in getting worked up by such words. Whats wrong in being committed towards winning a match against ur opponents, even its against ur former club. He’s just trying to be professional whilst trying to hold his inner passion for manchester.
Besides, he always had such good things to say about man utd and everything else linked to the club. IMHO he was a great player for man utd and also generated so much popularity and money for us.
I might get stick for this but I really couldn’t care less about Beckham.
Don’t get me wrong, I will give him a good reception on his return as I do with all our ex players as long as they don’t go to the dippers or the massives. And I do appreciate his contributions to the club. But I put him in the Tevez/RVN bracket on players not being man enough to admit they wanted out. Now, I don’t have a problem if a player has served us well and feels it is time for a change as long as they don’t start rubbishing the club on their exit. That is why I have no problem with Ronaldo. I do have a problem with players who want to leave, get their wish and then say ‘I wanted to stay but it was the manager…….’. End of the day, Beckham was/is a lifelong United fan. People think Fergie picked on Beckham but with what reason? Good reason obviously. Beckham’s celebrity lifestyle was becoming more important to him than United. And before people say ‘Fergie just doesn’t like players having celebrity lifestyles and its nothing to do with Beckham not focusing on his football and United’, well just look at his comments on Ronaldo today and see how much respect Fergie still has for him. Because whatever his faults, a player like Ronaldo always put his football first. IF United were so important to Beckham, then I would like to know why the hell he didn’t listen to Fergie and ease down his circus and focus on Manchester United. I read somewhere that Giggs used to be seen out a lot in the early 90s and then suddenly he stopped. Probably because SAF told him to stop and Giggs cared enough about the club and his future with us to do so.
Make no mistake. I doubt Beckham signing for Real Madrid was something that just happened one day. It IMO was probably planned for months by him, not that he will be man enough to ever admit that. Funny how, Sir Bobby Charlton, said in his autobiography that Beckham turned down a new contract that was offered to him. Funny that, for a player who was so desperate to want to stay wasn’t it?
I have read comments on other forums with people hoping Beckham has a great game but Milan play badly on the whole and if we have the tie sown up, Beckham scores. Rubbish. I hope he has a stinker, because after all he is just another opposition player
Spencer – Great post mate. Yeah they reckon Giggsy used to be out at the Hacienda with Sharpey in the early nineties.
RE: King Eric
thanks mate. aye heard that about giggsy as well. just irritates me about the hype surrounding him. he probably won’t even play much in these two games. this is ac milan v man utd and it has all been about st beckham. i mean on mutv the other day, a mate of mine said a fan asked if other fans would like to see beckham score against us. I mean come on. People say ‘oh we like beckham because he is a big united fan and has been since childhood’, but that is part of the reason why I have a problem with him. It makes how he behaved and leaving worse. If I played for United one day and if I ever got that chance (I am too old now but when I was younger), I would listen carefully to what Fergie would tell me, take his advice and certainly not turn down new contracts.
Spencer – hello mate. Yeah talk sport are banging on about St David too. Probably the same cunt’s like Durham that were vilifying him post France 98. One thing Adrian Durham said REALLY annoyed me actually. He was siding for Becks against a caller and said when “David was FORCED out of Old Trafford”. Get your facts right Durham.
King Eric
aye heard a bit of that before and Gough going ‘I never got to meet Beckham when I was playing cricket boo hoo’. Pair of bellends. Mind you, I can’t blame them for thinking Beckham was forced out, its what a good PR machine does for you. How funny would it be if Beckham didn’t feature once in these two matches? Not that I would care because Pat would have him in his pocket