The former England captain David Beckham recently reacted to Sir Alex Ferguson’s evaluation that he was not a “World Class” player during his playing days.
Despite being the only English player to win league titles in four countries, England, Spain, the United States and France, Beckham was a notable absentee from former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson ‘s list of “World Class” players. In his latest autobiography, Ferguson said he managed only four players deserving of that description during his long Old Trafford reign.
The four players include: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Eric Cantona.
However, when asked if he was felt insulted by his omission from Ferguson’s list, Beckham told BBC News: “I don’t feel insulted, I played for the greatest manager of all time for the amount of time that I did, I was lucky to play with the players I did and be successful with the club that I loved and still love.
“I tend to agree with the manager. There’s certain
players that you can call world-class, thankfully I played with many of them.
“I’m proud as a Manchester United player that we were successful and I’m proud as a Manchester United player that we have the best players come to our team.”
In his 9 years at Old Trafford, Beckham played 265 games scoring 62 goals. He won 19 major trophies in his 19 years career. Another Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney was also a notable absentee from Sir Alex Ferguson ‘s list of “World Class” players.
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