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Beckham reconciled with 'father figure' Ferguson

ESPN staff
February 27, 2015
David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson sat together to watch Paris Saint-Germain's 1-1 draw with Chelsea © PA Photos
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David Beckham has revealed he has repaired his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson after his controversial departure from Manchester United.

The former England captain left Old Trafford to join Real Madrid in 2003, soon after he was pictured with a cut above his eye after being hit by a boot kicked by Ferguson.

In his 2013 autobiography, the Scot said he had to sell the midfielder because "David thought he was bigger than Alex Ferguson. That was the death knell for him."

But Beckham and Ferguson were pictured together watching Paris Saint-Germain's 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League last week.

And the former PSG, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and AC Milan player, who has always thanked the Scot for the impact he has had on his career, said they have been reconciled now.

"We get on," Beckham said on The Graham Norton Show. "It was made worse than it actually was. He was a father figure for me for so many years.

"He brought me to the club that I loved as a kid and I was successful at the club, so he gave me everything in my career.

"He will always be a man that I look up to because he gave me the dream of playing for Man United.

"There was no olive branch. We just bumped into each other at certain occasions after I left Manchester United.

"We never discussed the falling out. There were things that upset me and there were definitely things that upset him about me, but I have so much respect for him as a manager and as a man and he gave me my dream."

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