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When Becks left United, I was so guttered. A little while later, my father told me that United had signed a new number 7, I responded with "No one can replace Beckam". Well, it took one of the greatest players to ever play the game to replace him.

I used to think he was slightly overrated as a kid because he was the most famous footballer around. Now I see him as criminally underrated. Superb player

Tremendous respect for people like Rio, a phenomenal player himself, celebrating other people's greatness. God bless.

Beckham was frightening at times. That 99 season after World Cup was unreal. His crosses and free kicks were absolutely exquisit! Scored in big moments, big game player. Sensational footballer 💯

That cross for Ronaldo at Real Madrid when he played it on to his toe from about 40 yards was insane. Hs performance against Greece (not just the free kick) was Roy of the Rovers stuff. Great video Rio

Becks was an absolute legend. his dedication from a young boy from being told he was not going to make it and all the way through his career is an inspiration for any modern day player. The fact that Rio speaks with such reverence tells you all you need to know. Rio always says it how it is. bet this was a one take job. Bless you for the content ❤

People always talk about his great passes, free kicks, crosses etc. but if you watch closely in every of his games you can see that he is mentally very strong and has unbelievable work rate. He always proved his doubters wrong.

you should do more of this, Rio. you're very articulate and watchable at sharing your experiences and insights about players of your generation. a unique voice.

Great video Rio 💥 Superstar on & off the pitch ⭐ Proper footballer rare breed An hardworking player unreal engine Always put in a shift Then there's his special ability ⭐ Defend, pass, cross, shoot ⚽ He was one of our main threats In terms of causing the opposition problems I was in shock when he left Utd He meant that much to us fans ♥️

You need to live in that moment to feel his monstrous presence & I’m proud to be one of those supporters…

Massively underrated by todays fans. To watch him week in week out as a kid was an absolute joy. The amount of times he scored a hugely important goal or provided assists when we needed them was unreal. Ultimate big game player and massively over-looked as a top baller because of his celebrity status. My favourite United player growing up, an absolute legend!

I started supporting united because of Cantona, but my all time favorite player is Becks. I feel sorry for these kids who talk without seeing him play. He was a world class player. Passing, crossing, free kicks, hard working. What a player. It's too bad that his off the field image surpassed his footballing greatness. Legend7 👏👏

I am a Gooner and Beck is one of my all time favorite players! The way me and my brother used to try emulate his passing, and free kicks when we would train together. Great memories, great era, great player!

Becks is supremely underrated in the history of modern football. Incredible passer of a ball, so much more than his set piece. He gave everything for every minute he played and was a leader. That 99 season he should’ve won the ballon dor truly.

The best player in the world in 1999, should have won the Ballon d'Or. He produced the best cross/pass I've seen when he was at Madrid, for R9.

I genuinely cried when he left United, it hurt so much. I could see how much it hurt Becks too when we saw the media images. What a player, 10/10. Legend.

Love this interview. Nobody could have done as good a job portraying Beckham's otherworldly skill as what Rio did.

Felt quite emotional hearing this. It just brought a flood of fond memories back when I was growing up. Thank you

What a player! I grew up watching the best era of football through the 90s and 00s. When footballers had personality and charisma. David Beckham was the torchbearer of this era

Always been a fan of Beckham. Followed his career no matter where he went cos he was always gona do great things. For whatever reason he is sometimes forgotten about when top lists come out of footballers. Not sure why. Should be included more often. What a player. And what an influence on kids watching the game. A very good role model.

Thank you Rio, what a wonderful video man,❤ Beckham is my all time favorite United player still! Yes today's generation will never have that privilege of seeing Becks in full flow, he was awesome, he was a colouses of a player, he was an Icon, he is a true United 7........❤❤

He was incredible in the middle of the park for Madrid. I remember Capello froze him out when he signed a pre contract with LA Galaxy saying his mind would be elsewhere. He grinded it out and changed Capellos mind and played a massive part that season winning La Liga. Incredible player

Beckham was my favourite footballer of all time. Great tribute from Rio Ferdinand 👏 ⚽️

Thank you for this video Rio. Someone finally showing Becks the credit he deserves. While Cantona was the reason I became a United fan, Becks made me fall deeper in love with the club. Theres nobody in world football who has his crossing or free kick ability, we have always missed that at United since he left. I compare Becks to Brad Pitt, criminally underrated because of his looks but can do it all.

Becks was phenomenal. And living outside of the UK, he was the catalyst to me becoming a Man United fan. Not SAF, not Giggsy, not Scholesy or Keano, it was Becks. And I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling. What a Legend.

Arsenal fan here, Becks was and is my favourite English player ever! Such a legend, big game player who had everything. Always remember the utd game after the famous boot where they brought him on too late and he still scored two.

Thanks Rio, what a wonderful assessment. It’s so easy to forget what he was like in those United years and I wish I could watch it all again. I thought about this recently when he played in a charity game at Old Trafford. The quality was still there to see, as it was with Paul Scholes.

Greetings Rio, I hope all is well. Although a supporter of Arsenal F.C, David Beckham was one of my absolute favourite players as a youth, inspirational. Blessings & Love 🙌🏽 💫

What United would give for a couple, or even one, Beckham right now... The guy was absolute CLASS on the pitch. So many many memorable goals and moments for both club and country. He will never be forgotten in the years to come.

Watching David Beckham growing up as a younger supporting man United, people don’t realise how good this man was! I’d probably say KDB is as close to David Beckham in terms of his passing and crossing ability! As soon as David Beckham crossed the ball you knew it was a goal. Absolute baller, the best passer and crosser of a ball I’ve ever seen

Number 7 means one thing to me. David Beckham. As someone that comes from London but supports united with my heart and soul. No one was better. Love that man

Set pieces, passing, vision, work rate and a phenomenal engine up n down the field. One of the best

The reason why I'm a United fan. Transcended the game and completely deserves the appreciation he's finally getting. Should have had a Ballon D'Or or two as well!

I am a Liverpool supporter but i feel privileged to have grown up in the era of Beckham. When he got the ball, something happened. Crosses, free kicks, wonder goals. Very underrated. Not a patch on Gerrard though 😜

One of the all time greats but criminally under rated by so many. What we would do to get a player like him at utd now.

100% remember watching him as a kid and he was unreal. Made it look so easy

Was always one of my favourite players growing up but wasn’t till you watched him live in person that you realised just how good he was & hard working he was & involved in everything he was Covered every blade of grass

I fell in love with football after saw THAT goal he scored against Wimbledon. Amazing footballer. The best crosser and free kick taker. Changed the world inside and outside the pitch.

I live in South Africa and my father and I followed United around Europe for a month. Just happened to be our treble winning season. I was 13 and when I met and he signed my program I was star stuck. Still have my DB 7 1999 season kit. Class player.

Legend Club and Country. Not enough appreciation for his talents. Massively underrated by some people which is insane to me.

He was my guy growing up.... my game was originally based around how he played. Outstanding for me personally and always will be! Never seen someone whip a ball across field the way he could

One of my fav players growing up even as a arsenal fan. Doesn't get enough credit of how good of a footballer he was

Really miss seeing Becks play. He always pulled it out the bag when it was needed and his passing was beautiful. For all the pomp and headlines off the pitch with haircuts, fashion and his dating life, he was consistently excellent on the pitch where it mattered. Watched a Legends charity game on KZfaq from a few years ago and he's still got it!

Beckham was so much more than a footballer. He was an icon. My hero as a child supporting Man U. Will forever be a legend. Of all the “golden generation” he deserved to have won a major trophy with England the most.

It was criminal that Beckham didnt win the Ballon D'or back in 1999 when we won the Treble. He fully deserved to. His passing, his relentless work rate, his crossing, his set pieces, his goals was there anyone better??? He was ridiculously good so consistent. If only he had stayed at United till the end of his career like Neville, Scholes & Giggs did.

Even when he was still playing Becks had this weird treatment from some football fans that he was overrated when I always thought he was underrated. Like Rio said, he wasn't a flashy skills type of player but his passing, crossfield and crossing abilities still haven't been matched in my opinion. He was so consistant and so damn good at these things he made a quality striker's job easy at times. I think his celebrity status made his haters spout off about him being overrated but nobody can convince me it wasn't the opposite, his celebrity status distracted from what he was doing on the field during his playing days, let alone now. Awesome freekick taker too of course but it was his long crossfield balls and whipped crosses into the box that he's still the best of all time at.

Incredible footballer 🙌🏼 people need reminding so well done Rio for bringing him up 👍🏼 united through and through 🔰

Most underrated British player of all time

David Beckham - big game player, one of the best passers of the ball ever in any situation, most assists across all of Europe in the 1999 season, scored some crucial goals in that 1999 campaign and throughout his career, and delivered the two corners that sealed the treble for Manchester United. Absolute legend🔴

David Beckham had heart and an engine that could go on forever. Never say die attitude. My favourite player ever.

Well said Rio what a player. Things like this are needed and shouldn’t be. People forget and start to disrespect players as time goes by it’s criminal. Not just Becks this is needed for

An absolute legend during my youth and an idol to so many young boys/girls. well ahead of his time in many ways and helped make the game what it is today especially aesthetically. So many players get hyped up these days but he was the real deal. Best passer and crosser of a ball on the planet at the time not just in skill but consistency, his free kicks were pure class, his work rate and he might of looked flashy but he was true team player. 👌🏻👏🏽

Fun fact: Beckham is 1 of 33 players to win a league title in 4 different countries. He’s also the ONLY English player to win a league title in 4 different countries. Legend.

The fact that He was the first really big global star to come out of Football at that time was so out of proportion that people actually forgot how good He was on the pitch. A proper stylish footballer. People who didn't even know football knew David Beckham such was his stardom.

Those crosses and free kicks of his were beyond excellent

People forget how good he was, maybe somewhat overshadowed by the clothes, commercials etc but he was great and he was fighting his inner demons alongside playing.

Canadian here. I've never really been into your kind of football, although I did cheer for England in the World Cups of the 90s/early 00s, & still do if Canada gets knocked out. Of course I knew Beckham was a superstar player then, but after recently watching the Netflix documentary about him, I went, as Mr. Ferdinand said, onto KZfaq & watched some highlights, and it just showed Beckham as even more talented than I thought he was. Watching the Man U Legends vs. Bayern Munich Legends highlights (when Beckham was 48) & he's still able to make those long passes & crosses....well, it just blew me away. Hearing about his work ethic is a clear indication of why he was as good as he was. When you're at a superstar level, it can be easy to just say, "Look, I don't need to train, everyone knows what I can do." Hearing that he never took that attitude despite all the hype surrounding him & his family just tells me not only what kind of player he is, but what kind of person he is as well. I know that the Netflix doc might be considered to be biased, but he seems like a normal dude, or as normal as someone with his talent & lifestyle can possibly be. And, apparently, his teammates at Man U, England & elsewhere in Europe really think he's a good guy as well, which should tell people a lot. I have tons of respect for Mr. Beckham.

Beckham's freekick, his 1st ever United goal vs wimbledon from centre half. David is a LEGEND. Corner kicks and crosses are just precised.

Becks was my hero growing up. I started watching and supporting United because of Becks. His Freekicks, Swinging crosses.....out of the box goals made me love football ❤ As a 90s kid growing up - players like Becks, Zizu & Ronaldo(R9) made you want to emulate them , shoot & control the ball like them. As soon as I came back from school, I would be excited to take a football to an empty ground and to start crossing and shooting the ball. I enjoyed playing football alone even if no one joined me. Becks was an inspiration to me 💚

My first game at Old Trafford Beckham hit four shots into the top corner of each side in a row. All within a 2ft square it was amazing thing to see pure talent !

what a player he was, an absolute gem

Incredible player. Hardworking, Very underrated. Some people think he was just a pretty boy.

Wow a 9.5/10 rating and recommendation by Rio👍.. Extremely complimentary and well deserved..And I'll be honest when i first saw him play for Real Madrid,i thought he'd be out of his depth( he did look like he was trying to hard) but once he got comfortable he was fantastic!

He was exceptional....heavily underrated then and still now...great goals across his career..plus a.set piece specialist as well...won four different countries leagues....

I don’t know how but even in his playing days and especially now, people criminally underrated him. He was runner up for the Ballon d’Or one year. He was winner up for the Fifa world player of the year twice. I’m a Liverpool fan and whenever we played United back then everything went through him. It was almost like everyone was instructed to give him the ball as soon as they got it. All the people who describe Scholes as this player that controlled the game and made things happen. Well he didn’t start doing that until the end of his career. When Beckham played with Scholes, Scholes was usually in the final third timing late runs into the box to score goals. Beckham was the one controlling the games. Also dude would score ten goals a season. He was world class.

It was pleasure growing up to see you and beckham play. Kids of today will never know. Becks was 1 of my favourite players back then growing up as a kid going to play in my local park everytime there was a free kick i would always try to imulate his stance and technique could never even come close lol exceptional all round player. Legends

Would love to hear Rio's take on Scholes...everyone including Rio in this video allude to how Scholes was just levels! Beckham is an absolute legend off and on the pitch...appreciate Rio giving Becks his deserved flowers!

Best passer ever watching him back in the days feels like a lifetime ago makes me feel old. None of our players come close to him now at united

Seriously underrated - best game I remember was the one SAF benched him against Madrid. My guy came on and turned the game on its head. Crosses used to heat seek Ruud on the pitch 😂

Im 100% sure if he plays today he will be better than 90% of today midfielders his passing accuracy only would be enough to make him 2x better than most of today playmakers with few exceptions

Wow,that was an amazing listen,Rio saying it how it was,David Beckham the legend that is! Take a bow👏👏👏

He was also fantastic at Real Madrid, putting on a plate consistently for all those magical players when he was there too.

What a player beckham was, incredible passer, amazing goals

His crosses and free kicks were sublime

Thank you Rio. Only players that played with him know how good he was. He was my favourite player because he read the game. The balls are insane. The passes and quality was insane

The Class of ‘92 is one of my favourite documentaries and I’m not even a sports fan in particular. It just did a great job of explaining why football is beautiful and important, and how a few footballers became great. I highly recommend, if you’ve not seen it.

Well done Rio, fluent, eloquent, TECHNICAL understanding of quite how good Beckham really was. Great to heat an Insiders technical view, and really intelligently delivered. Often said that Beckham's brilliance was never properly understood: now you know it from the inside.

Great work ethic and one of the best passers/free kicks. Today's game has evolved though, and is superior. Players back then tried to do too much with the ball and lose it more often. But that was more an era than a David Beckham thing.

Fantastic footballer. Rio was spot on. Had all the fundamentals, and basics down. He's one of the best set piece takers there's been. He was also a fine example of how to be a captain by leading by example of what you do on the pitch. I've yet to see a better crosser of the ball in the game. He was a strikers dream.

Born in 1982, watched Becks every weekend in my teen years. The 90's (and early 2000) was - by far - THE best time in football I have ever witnessed. I used to watch the comeback of KING Eric on October 1st, 1995. Unreal squad with King Eric, Scholes, Giggs, Keane, Neville,... later Rio Ferdinand. So many leaders but also so many different types of brillant footballers. Becks was the crossing king, but he also scored beautiful goals and was an important box to box player. I will never forget this time and I miss it A LOT! Todays football is not the same, not nearly.

truly one of the great players of my lifetime. despite the fact that he was hated by many football 'fans' (west ham/man utd!!) and derided by our jealousy-fed gutter press; then hated by the whole world (not me) for being the fall guy for a blatant piece of simulation and a referee who thought the game was about HIM, he was still able to carry the england captaincy (and the england team) pretty much single-handedly into the '98 world cup. sadly, most people's versions of reality and history are dictated by how much the person writing the piece likes that person. his performance against greece (not just the free kick) is as high a level as you will ever see. his crossing was next level, and he went and did well at Real (watch his goals). how he has handled himself in the face of all this hostility is pretty amazing. keep going, Becks!

He was always in Ferguson's first eleven and thats all you need to know. Alongside Keane, Scholes, and Giggs, Beckham stood alongside them in terms of quality. He was a great player and gave everything, every game. Best right foot in the world, and you might think that made him limited, but he had a quick footballing brain and, because of that, you couldnt stop his right foot.

Well said Legend all that you said are absolutely the facts!!!! There won't be a player like Beckham ever again. I miss watching him play more than anything. Beckham 🐐❤️🙏🏻

I first saw becks at the cliff training ground as a kid myself watching becks and the rest of the lads, he was so tenacious and hard working back then ! He knew that hard work will make his dreams come true, especially under the guidance of Eric Harrison that kept him grounded

Criminally underrated!!!!

Beckham came 2nd In the ballon d’or 1999, he should have won it.

Fitting love letter to a legend. Appreciate Rio giving Becks the shine he deserves as a player.

My youth idol for sure! Im so happy to see his documentary i have the outmost respect for becks! He's the damn man! I wish him nothing but good luck on his journey in miami ;)

A guy who never watch soccer or futbol, I saw Beckham playing in Madrid and wow! I was amazed by the accuracy & technical playing he has. Beckham sure did stood out, and I never knew about him.

I’m an Arsenal fan and Becks is one of my favourite footballers of all time. There isn’t a footballer in the game today that had what Beckham had.

I was at the Bernabeau for Real v Barca 04/05 ,on the pitch that day were some of the greatest of all time, R9, Zidane, Raul, Roberto Carlos, Figo, Ronaldinho, Eto but Beckham was the best player on the pitch that day ,he ran the game.

David Beckham is a great man, every aspect of his life, is inspirational. We as a nation should be so proud that he and his family still are so pro English after the way our press have treated him and Victoria. Many people love the Beckhams, im sure you can tell, im one of them ❤❤❤

Brilliant description of Beckham. Unreal passer, unreal striker of the ball, and an unreal professional. You can compare some great crossers of the ball to him, but Becks is still on a level of his own. It's unreal how with such ease he was able to create clear cut chances with crosses from huge distance. You almost couldn't defend against him. You could compare his crossed to Pirlo's long passing because both were creating chances from huge distance, but different technique. His long passing was perfect too, you can compare his diagonal long balls to Xabi Alonso. People see him not dribbling and doing tricks and think he wasn't that good but he was one of the best attacking midfielders/wingers of his generation no doubt.

Spot on Rio, Becks was absolutely magic, I was gutted when he left United

I’ll never forget that free kick against Greece! I was in a pub in Spain with my parents 😅

It was a joy to watch becks at Real Madrid, the crosses, free kicks, and the cross field passes, second to none

Hey Rio, Becks also worked really hard on defending that right side with Gary Neville also. He wasn't a player who would just stay up field and say give me the ball. He would sprint back and fight to get the ball back also. I think people sometimes forget that he had that side of his game also of working selflessly for the team.

Grew up watching Becks. One of the all time best. People use the phrase wand of boot lightly, not in Beckhams case. Excellent video Rio. Excited for the next nostalgia vid

Thanks Rio for clarifying how good Becks was. Legendary!