BECK HOME?
England captain David Beckham has admitted he misses life at Manchester United, amidst yet more speculation that he could be returning to England - with Chelsea!
His former colleague Ruud van Nistelrooy recently admitted Beckham was missed on and off the pitch at Old Trafford. And Beckham has returned the compliment, conceding he does miss his former team-mates, United fans and friends in Manchester.
" I heard about what Ruud had said," Beckham told the Daily Mail. " It´s nice that he has said such nice things. I miss people from Manchester and I miss Ruud and a lot of the players."
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Asked if he felt United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was right to let him leave Old Trafford, Beckham said: " You would have to ask him that, but as I said I miss Manchester United, I miss the players, my friends there and the fans. But Manchester United move on and so do I."
That Becks failed to say that he misses Sir Alex is probably not a coincidence. However, the rumours are continuing to circulate that he may be heading back to England in the summer, despite all of his claims that he is happy in Spain.
The problem for him at Real Madrid is not related to football, but rather the disruption it has caused to his already-chaotic family life. When he left United to join Madrid, both he and Victoria claimed that they were going to set up home in Spain, but this has never really happened.
While they are renting a huge mansion there, the family home still seems to be Beckingham Palace in Hertfordshire, and it was there that Brooklyn Beckham´s fifth birthday party was held last Wednesday - a week early so that Becks could attend.
Victoria and the children are rarely in Madrid to be with him, and some of her friends claim that this is part of a devious ( Posh? Never...) plan to convince Becks to move to Chelsea in the summer.
" Posh was desperate to get David away from Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United," says one old friend. " Real Madrid was fine, but it was only a stop-gap in her mind. She´d like him to be at Chelsea by this summer."
" Brooklyn and Romeo are being used as a way of pulling David back to Britain," says another former friend in Spain. " And it´s driving him wild because he enjoys playing in Spain so much."
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