David Beckham has explained what he said to Sir Alex Ferguson to force the former Manchester United coach to kick him in the head.
“We walked into the dressing room and the boss is getting fired up,” the United legend said in the newly released Netflix documentary Beckham.
“I can see it in his face. And when you see the boss’s (rage) face like that, you don’t want to be anywhere near him. It’s a (rage) face that no one can make, and I turned to the boss and said ‘no’ and then I swore. I said the f*** word, and then I saw him change, and I said, S, I really shouldn’t have said that. I think I said the f
Beckham ended up joining Real Madrid a few months later, although in the documentary he claims he never wanted to leave Old Trafford.
“It was my home. My relationship with the boss was always special. We had our moments, but I still loved him,” he said, writes Goal.com.