For all his celebrity and hype that came with that, Beckham was the greatest crosser and set piece taker of his generation. There are so many ‘wingers’ now who are pacey but cannot for the life of them beat their man with a cross. Beckham literally just bent it round them with ease

David Beckham is nice and all... But Tifo's pick will be the ivorian international Ibrahim Sangaré.

Damn those days ... 75 mil used to be considered as bank breaking move . Now slab heads are sold for 90mil

what if you wanted to go to heaven but god said: "in depth football coverage from the athletic is now just one pound per week"

Now do 'How and Why Real Madrid signed Santiago Muñez'

Beckham never gets credit for his professionalism. He was the ultimate pro who worked harder than anyone else. He had the talent but he did the hard yards as well. That made him generational 🙌

As most of the pundits would say, Beckham’s off the pitch spotlight took away much of his on the pitch skills. He is massively underrated as a player just because he is deemed too famous. Nevertheless one of the best crossers and free kickers ever to graced the game.

He's handsome with A lot of Clout, yet he also a great footballer. Galaticos already written on his face...

I’m 23 for context, but Beckham is and will always be one of my favourite players I think I he’s iconic to people around my age like Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Henry, Kaka, Rooney etc were, it feels like the golden age of football

Laporta’s failure to bring beckham to barca lead to the signing of ronaldinho and the rest is history.

Funny how this lead to Makélélé being booted out of Madrid, essentially replacing an engine for a turbo charger.

I think Beckham and Galactico era football was the moment we saw people supporting players more than teams itself. The team loyalty doesn't exist outside the country itself but loyalty to a player is very strong (example: people who support Ronaldo from United to Madrid and now Juventus). To put it crudely: we are in the age of influencers, teams aren't the brand; the players are.

Please like for "The Rise & Fall of Shinji Kagawa."

Let's be honest. The only reason Beckham was sold was because Fergi didnt like Spice Girls Music

People don't even know Becks was real close to winning the Ballon d’or at least once. His delivery and work rate on the wing was incredible. You couldn't stop a team with Becks on the right, Giggs on the left.

Probably one of the best dead ball experts ever seen in our beautiful game. That last minute free kick against Greece in 2001 still covers me in goosebumps.

Bend the boot like Fergie.

Man...I forgot just how much Zidane cost. £70m! In 2001! That's fucking crazy money back then.

David beckhams transfer to real madrid was a great success cuz of that Alex would sign the player who would become a legend straight away.....christiano ronaldo ✊🙂✊

" Bend it like Beckham " 💫❤

Can you do the story of the 2009 real madrid transfer window

Title the artist received: 'Why Real Madrid signed Fernando Torres'

David Beckham has played for some of the best clubs in the world. From united , real madrid, ac milan and retired at PSG. Also played for la galaxy at the MLS. His career spanned for 21 years from 1992-2013. According to sir alex Ferguson, “ David Beckham is England's finest striker of football not because of god gifted talent but because he practices with relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate” David Beckham is a graduate of saf's manchester united which believes in the hard-working approach of mastering the technique and acquiring skills. It was known that Beckham would practice his free-kick for hours after the training session, no wonder why his free-kick were difficult to stop. He is not just the best free-kick taker but also the best crosser this game has ever seen. Van nistelrooy or raul would tell about his pin-point accurate crosses. He was also a great passer and could make the killer passer to create a scoring opportunity. He was also a good dribbler , especially in 1v1 situations. Beckham is no paul scholes who can dictate the gameplay. He’s no Keane or viera in making those tough tackles.He’s no makalele or kante that are ball-winners.He's no zidane or ozil who has a great ball-control and a godly first touch. He's no xavi or iniesta in building the game. He's no pirlo who can transition the game from defense to offense in no time. Beckham has literally practiced the basics of the game and mastered it. He knows the art of when to pass, when to shoot and when to dribble. He's no ball-hogger like Cristiano Ronaldo or neymar. The success of david Beckham is solely based on his pure hard work. His career made people believe that there's no shortcut and to reach the peak one must do immense hardwork and dedicate himself 100% into the job. According to George best, “ he can't kick with his left foot, he can't head, he can't tackle and he doesn't score many goals and apart from that he's alright”. This pretty much summed Beckham's style of play. He has a great right foot that can make pin-point crosses and precise passes which might look easy but is very difficult to master. A set-piece expert with a bending free kicks difficult to stop for gk's. Many tried to “bend it like Beckham” but none were like his. Beckham is appreciated for his work-rate and longevity in his career. Despite achieving a lot in his career , sir alex believes Beckham could've been the best player or a better player than he actually was. He also ended up as the runner-up in both ballon d or and fifa world player of the year award in 1999. David Beckham is surely one of the best players of this game , not the finest. But on his day ,Beckham would surely outclass the best. According to Beckham, “ I just want people to know me as a hardworking footballer and someone who is passionate about the game”. Finally, it is a pity that his celebrity status overshadowed his fantastic football career. He's more than just a shirt-selling player. He made many people to follow football . A global superstar david Beckham is surely the icon of modern football. His legacy would never be matched by any in the upcoming years. Credit : Roshan abhimanyu -Quora

top quality content yet again, surprised i found this channel in it's early days, even more surprised you haven't got that well deserved 1 million yet

I started watching football because of David Beckham and thanks to his superstar status even 20 years ago when I actually started watching football. Funny enough a year or two into watching football I chose Arsenal as my fav team because of Thierry Henry and this has not changed and will never change but I will always remember that Beckham brought me to the game and is one of my all time favs till this day!

One of greatest achievements was being totally bombed by Capello with no way back yet managed to not only get back in the team became a key player

I love it how in the video it's always stormy and raining in Manchester! I realise it's to depict the fractious relationship between Fergie and Beckham but it also very accurate. We're Manchester born and bred but man does our weather suck 🤣

The fact that RM could have signed Ronaldinho and they didn't because they weren't appeased by him still baffles me.

Becks is one of the most underrated footballers

Love the content!! Love from California

Such a gifted talented and hardworking professional Beckham was, fortunately Ferguson didn't regret selling him because of you know who. It's about what you do on the pitch and not outside. Beckham was a world class player right up until he left R Madrid in 2007

Loved the time he played with Milan ❤️🖤

no one has ever reached the starlight and popularity David Beckham had across the world and has still now he is in the top 3 most famous footballer in China, he was so popular for his appeal and brand and looks people forget and like to underestimate how good his football skills were, when he still has the highest amount of goals from a freekick in the PL and is yet to be broken, bend it like beckham

One weird thing I've just been thinking over is that though he often romanticised staying humble, working hard, being all for the club and not for oneself, Ferguson always seemed to prefer the glamorous starboys like Ronaldo and Beckham. The only humble guy he gave a break to was Scholes, who was indispensable anyway. Maybe this is a lesson in that while humility is a grace, it's not to be shoved down the throat as better for the career than confidence.

This was superb. Thanks Tifo

Another random fact. DB started on the bench against Real M, but Sebastian Veron started the game; but no one had seen him because he had been injured for like 3 months and hadn't even played 90mins yet. So Ferguson trusted an unfit mismatch for the team over DB against RMadrid🤔

I grew up living near Beckham, and used to knock on his door after school on a regular basis...the guy was so nice to me and my friend, even recognised us after a few visits and joked saying "I hope you're not selling these at school". He was United through and through, and he never wanted to leave. The Bye Bye Becks VHS was heartbreaking. He literally said, when he was told he was going, he was in tears for days. Obviously, he went on to great things but it's so sad that he was (and still is) probably the biggest United fan in the world and, if it were up to him, I doubt he'd ever have left United.

Nice explaination of beckham's history👍👍

This was really interesting, could you possibly do a similar video on Ronaldo’s move to Juventus? It seems like a modern day repeat to this

Great video as always @tifofootball but away from the football analytics, i really love the back ground beats you use. Any help with where i can get them? Thanks.

this song is amazing. Beckham was incredible

Florentino: Hello Beckham... Del Bosque: Bye Makelele... bye league titles...

That alone, makes him a Real Madrid legend

Love the video

This beat is fire though 🔥🔥 you could put it on Samurai Champloo and it would fit in seamlessly❤️

Its purely commercial factor. Perhaps Beckham sells jersey/kit better than Amazon.

That beck's drawing is more like Guti than Beckham

Real Madrid should've gone for Ibrahim sangare

David Beckham was so good at Real Madrid he had legends around him

Any chance Tifo can do a video on the Fai and john Delaney . It’s an unbelievable story .

A couple of steps down from the other stars in the madrid side. Re second leg, of united/madrid. The outcome of that tie was never in doubt.

As a madridista , the beckham deal was poisonous for us. First we missed out on ronaldinho for lesser price ,only because perez wanted a marketable player And the most important, was the backdrop of this deal, when makele was sold, everything changed after that. The team balance was disrupted in such a way we couldnt reach semi finals for years to come. His shoes were impossible to fill by the squad and ultimately, the galacticos ended up as a lost cause I think thats why perez signed alonso first during the second wave of the galacticos

This video is for those who doesn't know that football transfer fees are never just about football

An ad after 140 seconds is predatory

Short answer: cause of a fallout between him and Ferguson and when he threw the boot at his face . Ferguson was annoyed because of Beckham's popularity and his relationship with Victoria and that flying boot to his face was the final nail in the coffin

"He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right." George Best

Whoever does these thumbnails pictures is amazing

Football is The Beautiful Game - and there are fewer images as aesthetically pleasing as David Beckham just before he strikes a dead ball. Left arm extended, upper body leaning back, standing foot firmly planted while that golden right came in to hit the ball at just the right place with the right pace, power and precision in harmonious concert. It was a complex physics equation of multiple variables being solved in seconds with one swing of the boot. It was a technique I studied for hours and hours attempting to replicate, not only because this was the premier set-piece expert in the world but because it looked like poetry in motion. I don't know if I'm right in saying this but it seems the modern game is bereft of free kick virtuosos, players who could put the fear of God in opponents when a foul was given. So maybe that's why Beckham has always been special to me. He didn't just deliver the goods - he did it in a way that just looked so damn beautiful. An absolutely underrated player whose work ethic, vision and technical skills were overshadowed by the Megastar that he became - I can't think of many who rival his crossover appeal apart from the man who inherited the No.7 at Old Trafford. But above all, a player synonymous with pinpoint accuracy on the ball. You have the Roberto Carlos shuffle, the Ronaldo power stance, the casual Pirlo step-up among others - but I would take Bend it like Beckham's graceful technique any day of the week.

Bro I’m tryna go to sleep and you drop a video like this. Smh I’m not getting up for class on time 😭

25 million is about right for Beckhams talent. His image was worth more but it worked out better Utd. By getting Rooney and Ronaldo Utd are the real winners

I like that in 2003 they contacted via smartphones.

Not really in relation to the video, but my thoughts on Becks leaving United when he did: Of our midfield which consisted of Giggs, Scholes, Keane and Becks, Becks was easily the most replaceable. Keane was great but unfortunately his body broke down by 33, Giggs and Scholes, especially Giggs, possessed superior footballing intelligence which allowed them to reinvent themselves into completely different players (once their physical attributes had diminished) and played elite level football well into ages they had no right to. Of the 4, and if 1 had to leave, Becks leaving was definitely the best choice.

Beckham was one of the best in the world during his prime years at United, his falling out with Sir Alex is without doubt one of the few mistakes you can genuinely say Sir Alex made, it took us 3 years to recover from his departure and Beckham himself was never the same player at Madrid imho.

Beckham's transfer was the most dramatic ,It was the first time that football fans knew that success in football was only based on financial power . Long over were the days were football fan would argues whose team created more talent than others teams . The only exception to this phenomenon was the Messi,xavi and ineista back in the early 2000s up until the time of this comment . However,there is hope for Barcelona at this time,as we see ansu faty and gavi as raising talents . In conclusion ,nothing is ever possible in sports without a club having hundreds of millions to keep things going.

I´dreally appreciate a Tifo video on Florentino Perez and his ability to see the future of football before most did.

Err @tifo wheres the location of your building that we saw in the background 😁

I wish soccer was promoted in America at this time. I missed so many great players and teams.

Hi Tifo , football can you do a video about Paul scholes , pls

Real Madrid v Manchester United reminds me of the wild west Pepsi advert. What a classic!

David Beckham: The Original Cristiano Ronaldo of Marketing

Beckham is my favourite player of all time

Man utd always allowing expensive players go on the cheap, while usually spending much on average players. Most annoying instance is giving pogba to juventus free and getting him back on a record fee.

People say Beckham is a brand. That's correct but it's a shame that they often forget the great footballer that he was.

What a video👏🏻👏🏻😍

Il never forget when he left my club Manchester United I was 9 and I cried so hard when he left but I loved and always followed him wherever he went it was just a Shame he didn’t finish his career at united if he didn’t fallout with Fergie and the celebrity lifestyle

It's amazing that once we had great wide playmakers like Beckham,Giggs but now we're having mediocre players like Rashford and James playing those positions.😢😢😢

This might be the wrong place, but any chance of doing a video about Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buying Wrexham A.F.C. and what that might mean for the team in the long run? Or is it to early to make a video about that?

Sadly Beckham arrival was exactly at the same time the departure of Makelele (Zidane said about this "Why would you add another layer of gold on the Bentley if you remove the engine ?"). It s not directly because of Beckham that the Real became weaker.

A modern day 3 4 3 with Beckham on the right of the 4👌🏻

Ronald koeman - Three at the back !!!!!! please

Imagine the impact Ronaldo had on Real Madrid if this is what Beckham did. wow

That galactico shitstorm was probably the most hilarious and profound failure in football. Of course Perez made a ton of greens but, in football terms, the madrid team in mid-late 00s was a joke.

Nice video

Beckham would have retired at man united if it wasn't for his flashy lifestyle

Can we do a USMNT video? like up and coming players and talk about the 2026 world cup

never been so early, like so early I haven't even watched quality content in a while

How did Raul ,Owen ,Ronaldo R9 ,Figo ,Zidane and David Beckham fitted in the same team ? Someone help me understand .How was the line up look like ? Who was playing often ?

Laporta had promised to bring Beckham during his campaign, and as he couldn't he had to do panic shopping and bought Ronaldinho

Still waiting for the one about Ronaldinho

People in the comments comparing Beckham to modern wingers make a flawed argument. Beckham played in a different system to the modern wide player. His skill set is probably more comparable to a KDB type player and so if he was playing in the current era would likely player in more of a central position. FYI I am not saying he is the same or better than KDB just that there are overlaps in terms of their strengths.

Beckham is the best crosser in football history. He could cross you the ball even if you're on the moon.

The type of questions i like answered

I remember using Real all the time in FIFA 04 for PS2

because he is a great footballer and a great popstar in the football world

I was so heartbroken when utd sold him that I literally cried in my teens, Becks had crazy following in India ... for months, I used to shit on the gaffer with “the old man has lost the touch” and on becks’ replacement cr7 on whom i was like “who the f is this noodly hair, easy falling, yellow teethed clown” ... years later we all saw what happened, the gaffer got it right again 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Beckham was gona be playing right back in real madrid .

It really worked out for Barca , after they missed out on Beckham they used that same money to buy Ronaldinho. Which worked out amazingly well . Only for them to almost bankrupt the club in recent year's

Pls can you cover one of the most underdog story ever. Its for my team apoel nicosias from cyprus that went on to qualify to the quarter final of champions league with the team only costinh at about 15 million . Pls like so tifo can see

“Yea.... imma bend it at the bernabeu Bernabendit ⚽️” - David B

6:31 wonder if that shot is intentional. Perez and Sanchez look at the giant choco Beckham like one of them is saying "So what, it's just a statue." and the other one is going "HOLY SHIT THAT IS SO COOL!"