David Beckham

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out a doubt England’s most prominent and powerful club (Harrison 6). Manchester United is equivalent to the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. Even at a young age young Beckham impressed spectators and players with his natural talent to dribble and precisely deliver passes to his teammates (Rosellious 15). As a youngster David shined as the star of the local youth club called Ridgeway Rover and during a span of three years David scored over one hundred goals (Rosellious 15). Rosellious explains that soon after David turned eleven he competed at the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skill Tournament in the city of Manchester for a chance to travel to Spain and train with an elite football club like FC Barcelona (18). David Beckham won the skills competition with ease and shortly after was sent to Spain to spend two weeks with FC Barcelona (Robinson 20). Rosellious explain how David’s performance in Spain sent professional clubs in a frenzy in order to add the young Beckham to their ...

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Beckham didn’t make his debut as a Manchester United player until September 23,1992 against Brighton (Harrison 10). Harrison explains that due to the great amount of talent and veterans on the squad, and little playing time available for a youngster like David, Manchester United’s famous Manager decided to loan David Beckham to a lower level team by the name of Preston North End in order for the talented Beckham to get playing time (10). Veteran Preston North End Teammate Ryan Kidd once hailed Beckham’s game by saying that, “ He was here just over a month and he was absolutely fantastic” (Rosellious 25). Tom Robinson describes how after only a month with Preston North End, David’s ...

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