The 38-year-old says he always felt he would end
his career at Old Trafford and revealed his favourite
ever goal was his strike from the halfway line
against Wimbledon in 1996
David Beckham has admitted that that all he ever
wanted to do was stay at Manchester United -
despite having had the honour of playing for Real
Madrid, AC Milan and PSG during his illustrious
playing career.
The former midfielder left Old Trafford in 2003 for
the Santiago Bernabeu, spending five years with
the Spanish giants before heading to MLS with LA
Galaxy.
Beckham also enjoyed two loan spells at San Siro
during that time before returning to Europe for a
final stint with PSG earlier this year.
When asked what his teenage self would make of
his career so far, the 38-year-old told 'The
Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show' on Absolute
Radio: "I probably wouldn’t believe it, you know,
everything that I’ve achieved in my career and
done in my career, the places where I’ve played.
"I’d probably be a little bit disappointed in myself
because I always want to better myself in
everything that I do.
"But, as a 17-year-old boy, all I ever wanted to do
was stay at Manchester United my whole career,
you know, that’s nothing against the fact that I’ve
been able to play for some of the other biggest
clubs in the world.
"But, not disappointment, but surprise probably,
because I always felt that I would stay at
Manchester United and finish my career there, so
I’d be surprised at myself, not disappointed."
Beckham also reveals that receiving praise from
Eric Cantona, for his sensational goal from the
halfway line at Selhurst Park in 1996, meant more
to him that the strike itself.
"My favourite goal has to be the one against
Wimbledon because everybody talks about it, and
everybody talks about the history of it," he added.
"But I was happier about the fact that Eric Cantona
came up to me afterwards and said, 'Good goal'.
That was better than scoring the goal for me.
"He was a quiet man, you know, Eric, but he was a
man of few words, and when he actually talked to
you it was always something special that he said
or some information that you really needed.
"He might have been in the same team as us, and
we saw him day in and day out, but for us young
lads he was a hero."
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