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Sir David Beckham has operation to repair wrist injury he suffered in 2003

Sir David Beckham has had an operation to heal a wrist injury from over 20 years ago (c) Instagram

Sir David Beckham has had an operation to repair a broken wrist he suffered in 2003.

The 50-year-old football legend sustained the injury whilst playing for England in a friendly game against South Africa but has now had surgery to solve the problem for good after a recent X-ray showed that a screw that was used to patch up the problem at the time had embedded in his forearm after it didn't dissolve properly.

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