David Beckham said that he told Inter Miami stars they couldn’t post pictures of their clothes on social media before games.
Beckham, now 49, was a fashion star and a great football player when he played for Manchester United in the 1990s.
The former England captain was always trying new things with his clothes, which made Sir Alex Ferguson, who was his boss at the time, very angry.
However, Becks may be more like Sir Alex in how he acts as an owner than he thought.
Rio Ferdinand and I talked about the trend of players showing off their clothes in US sports, especially basketball, in a video chat for Ferdinand’s YouTube account.
After that, they said that Barcelona had done something similar in football before being told they couldn’t do it by manager Hansi Flick.
Even though Beckham was a fashion fanatic himself, he shocked Ferdinand by saying that he had felt the same way the Germans did.
He said: “Yeah, funnily enough, our team started doing it a couple of times and I stopped that.”
Ferdinand, who was 45 years old, responded, “The fashion man.” The person who took down all the walls…”
Then Becks made it clear: “Yeah, but we weren’t winning games at that point.”
His friend got it right away and said, “That’s the key, see? That’s how I am.”
“Like, if I’m your owner, I don’t want to see you on social media when we’re seventh or eighth.”
“I can’t believe that Mr. Fashion said there’s no fashion going on at my football club.”
At that time, Inter Miami may have been having a rough time, but since Lionel Messi joined the team, they’ve been doing very well.
They are currently in first place in the MLS’s Eastern Conference thanks to the addition of Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba, all of whom used to play for Barcelona with the Argentine.
Ferguson said that Beckham had become “distracted” after meeting his future wife Victoria and that “this fashion thing” was also getting in the way of him being able to play football.
This is what the Scot told Sports Illustrated: “He had great endurance and was the best player I’ve had here.”
When he got home from training, he would always be practicing.
“But when he met his wife, everything changed.” David got another picture of her in pop. He’s come up with this “fashion thing.” I saw how he changed into a different person.