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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

David Beckham, the go-to agony uncle for future kings … and whipping boys

David Beckham
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ASK DAVE

Is your phone pinging? There is a good chance it is David Beckham ready to offer some advice. From calling up footballers in a slump to parenting advice for future kings, the former England captain really is a go-to agony uncle. Football Daily is certainly not a cynical entity, we would not accuse old Goldenballs of being especially nice to folk when he has something to promote, say a documentary. No, far from it because he’s been offering out wisdom since the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” was invented. He is Mr Nice, the friendly face of noughties football, free-kick and crosser extraordinaire, who constantly draws on what he learned from kicking Diego Simeone.

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