Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has explained that he feels that star pupil David Beckham only became a problem at Old Trafford once he got married to Spice Girl Victoria.
Ferguson described Beckkham as "a fantastic young lad" before he married Victoria in 1999, which led him to become engulfed in a world of showbiz and media interest.
Ferguson said: "Beckham was never a problem until he got married. He used to go into work with the academy coaches at night time and he was a fantastic young lad. But getting married into that entertainment scene was a difficult thing and from that moment his life was never going to be the same. He is such a big celebrity, football is only a small part. The big part is his persona".
Beckham's relationship with Ferguson deteriorated before he left for Real Madrid in 2003, but the midfielder has now moved on to the Major League where he hopes to push football on the United States, but Ferguson is unconvinced.
He said: "In the late Seventies, I went to America with Aberdeen and there were guys like [Teofilo] Cubillas and Peter Shilton there. Before that there was Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer.
"But I don't know what kind of impact David can make because David Beckham himself can't change the whole country."
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