It has been seven yeas since David Beckham retired from professional football, but even to this day, he remains one of the most popular footballers ever, and not just for his amazing talents on the field, but also for his good looks. Even at present, the 44 year old remains one of the iconic faces of the beautiful game, and has been a fashion icon since he entered modelling. However, not everyone had the right idea of what the Manchester United youth would become after a couple of decades, and British football magazine FourFourTwo had the worst prediction of how the English football star would look like in 2020. See for yourself how wrong they were!
In 1998, when Beckham, 23, was in his sixth year with the senior Red Devils team, FourFourTwo decided to spice things up by predicting how the young midfielder would appear to look like 22 years later.
They came up with a photo-shopped image of Beckham, who was balding, had unibrow and bad teeth. Check out the photo here.
How understatement and hilariously wrong it turned out to be, because check the man out today, shining even in his forties-
Not just mispredicting the People’s Magazine’s 2015 ‘Sexiest Man Alive’s future appearance, FourFourTwo also made a mocking statement on how Beckham’s future would turn out to be: “Things went distinctly pear shaped for the Man United starlet after his club missed out on the 1998 championship and he lost his entire personal fortune in the Brylcreem crash of 2005.”
Even though Beckham became a subject of reprimand due to the 1998 World Cup red card incident, and had enough backlash from his fan base and the English media, who even predicted a horrible future for the player.
“Now well into his forties, he is reduced to appearing for England veterans’ teams alongside his fellow Fergie fledglings and reminiscing wistfully about his glory days,” the statement added.
However, the player enjoyed a stellar career, later joining La Liga elites Real Madrid, MLS side LA Galaxy and hanging his boots at Paris Saint Germain. Following his retirement, Beckham enjoys his life as one of the most famous celebrities of the world.
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