Beckham diaries: By David Beckham
Monday:
Talk about baby names in training. Yorkie says why not call him "Juan", after the number of brain cells I have. I laugh along, but I don't get it.
Talk to the gaffer about it. Tell him I'm thinking of naming the baby after myself. Boss says that no kid would appreciate being called a whingeing egotistical bastard. Suggests I name it after him.
Tuesday:
Posh says no child of hers will be called a moaning Scottish git. In training, Yorkie asks why my Missus is called posh. I explain it's because she's a classy bird. Everyone laughs but I dont know why.
Wednesday:
Talk to the journo who's writing my autobiography. Boss gets us motivated for the match by telling me I'll be playing against the man who cheated in the Argentina game during the World Cup. Didn't even know Owen had signed for Inter. In training boss tells me to practice shooting before getting into the box. Yorkie says I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in now if I'd done that before. Everyone laughs but I don't get it.
Thursday:
Wow. Alex calls me in and gives me 10k a week pay rise. I never asked for it, but he explains that I'll need it to keep the child in new Man United strips.
Friday:
Gosh I'm a dad. It's going to mean a whole change to my lifestyle. Now I'm going to have to maintain a nanny too. Decide to call it Brooklyn as that's where it was conceived during a weekend away. Yorkie says thank f*ck it wasn't that Saturday we played up the Arsenal. Everyone laughed but I didn't get it.
Ben Blaney 04/16/1999Categories: football