David Beckham will be livid with Gareth Bale after this

October 1, 2024Ligue 1

David Beckham is known as one of the sweetest strikers of a football in history, so Gareth Bale’s latest admission is likely to leave the former Man United ace livid.

The highlights reel of Beckham’s free-kicks and cross field passes from his time at Old Trafford, as well as at Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, would still make for incredible viewing even now.

Bale was no slouch himself when it came to mastery of a dead ball, but not even he was in Beckham’s orbit in that regard.

David Beckham isn’t likely to be happy with Gareth Bale’s free-kick admission

Perhaps the only player that comes close to the former England captain is James Ward-Prowse, currently plying his trade at Nottingham Forest.

A couple of years back, Beckham even sent a classy message to Ward-Prowse who was beginning to close in on the former’s Premier League record of 18 direct free-kick goals.

Since then Ward-Prowse has got even closer, and The Analyst note that he’s now just one shy of his contemporary in the all-time list.

David Beckham takes a trademark free-kick (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

At a recent event, Gareth Bale was asked by the Daily Mail to choose between various players as to who was better at free-kicks.

The short interview began with a choice between Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney, progressing to Bale himself against Cristiano Ronaldo, with a final choice of Ward-Prowse or Beckham.

The obvious choice was Beckham, but Bale, incredibly, said “I’d probably go James Ward-Prowse actually.”

It’s a choice that Man United fans and probably Beckham himself will be livid about.