There have many few names in the world of football that have raised adrenaline of male and female fans like David Robert Joseph Beckham, popularly known to all of us as David Beckham. The midfielder is a well-known name both in and out of the field and holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player.

Born on 2 May 1975, Beckham has played for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, and the England national team. He made his England debut on 1 September 1996 and became captain of the English team from 15 November 2000 to the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. In the year 2004, David Beckham became the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches and was the most searched of all sport topics in both 2003 and 2004 as per Google, the world’s most preferred search engine.

The year 2001-02 was, arguably, the best season of Beckham as a United Player when he scored 11 goals in 28 league games and a total of 16 goals in 42 games in all competitions. David Beckham was awarded an OBE for services to football on 13 June 2003. He is the only English player and the 21st player overall to score in three World Cups and only the fifth player in World Cup history to score twice from a direct free kick. Beckham has pledged his support for the current Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign and has been supporting UNICEF since his Manchester United days.

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According to Spanish reports, Real Madrid has decided to offer Manchester United a world record for Christiano Ronaldo. Real told the United that they are ready to pay whopping 120million euros for Ronaldo.
The Red Devils made a clear statement that they are not ready to sell the Portuguese star. The wonderful player scored around 40 goals this season.

The news of the possible bid have emanated from Real officials. La Sexta - who have the rights to La Liga television coverage in Spain, are said to have close ties with high-ranking Real officials. However, Real are not sure whether the United will show a green signal to the deal.

It was reported in Spain that Real’s sporting director Predrag Mijatovic met with Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes in London and Rome in recent weeks.