![]() "All the players who have come here in recent years have done the same."īut not all players have had quite the professional attachment to their club number as Beckham. ![]() "Beckham will follow the norms at Real Madrid and wear a free number between one and 25," the club's sporting director Jorge Valdano said. That shirt at Real is inhabited by Raul, whose local-hero status in the Spanish capital almost eclipses Beckham's in the red parts of Lancashire, and whose status as numero siete is therefore absolutely unassailable.īut nor will he be trotting out, as was suggested yesterday, with a faintly preposterous 77 on his back. Real Madrid confirmed yesterday that whatever number he plays under, Beckham will absolutely not be wearing number seven on his back when he turns out for them next month. So in these giddy times of unalloyed joy spare a thought for seemingly perennial valiant losers Marks & Spencer. ![]() The confirmation, at long, long last, of David Beckham's move to Real Madrid this week seems to have absolutely everyone over the moon, even Manchester United fans who are left with only £25m to console themselves over the devastating loss of an ageing hair-gel salesman with one quite good foot. Fergie's happy, David's happy, Real seem happy, Posh looks bloody ecstatic.
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