Piers Morgan blasts ‘overrated’ David Beckham to spark heated row with ‘suck up’ Lineker and even Man Utd weighing in
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PIERS MORGAN launched a scathing attack on David Beckham after watching Superbowl LVI.
The SunSport columnist enjoyed the event and marvelled at the performance of Odell Beckham Jr. as he helped the LA Rams to their win.
In typically provocative manner Morgan praised the wide receiver while putting down former England and Manchester United star David Beckham.
Morgan : "Great to watch a Beckham who can actually play football...#Superbowl."
That led to a big backlash with many leaping to Beckham's defence - suggesting Morgan had a bad memory.
Gary Lineker, who often clashes with Morgan on Twitter, was one of Beckham's defenders.
He said: "You might dislike him, for whatever reason, but David Beckham was a great footballer. One of our finest."
Morgan replied: "You might want to suck up to him, for whatever reason, but Beckham was the most overrated player in history. Wouldn't have got onto the Arsenal Invincibles bench."
But Lineker hit back by outlining Beckham's long list of achievements: "Six Premier Leagues, two FA Cups, one Champions League, one La Liga, one Ligue Un. Balón d’Or runner up. 115 caps for England, 59 as captain.
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";One of the best crossers of the ball the game has ever seen. Yeah, overrated."
Morgan hit back again, saying: "Take away the crossing & free-kicks, he was a fame-hungry snail with dumb haircuts who only won that much because of the truly great players around him."
In response, even Manchester United's official Twitter account weighed in.
They of Beckham's best moments for the club.
But Morgan was adamant in his view, adding that former Arsenal player Freddie Ljungberg was better than 'Brass Balls' - a play on his 'Golden Balls' nickname.
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