Beckham signs for team Remain ahead of EU vote

AFP, LONDON: England football great David Beckham on Tuesday backed Britain to remain in the European Union, hailing the positive influence of European players on British football.
“For our children and their children, we should be facing the problems of the world together and not alone,” said the former Man United star.
“We live in a vibrant and connected world where together as a people we are strong. For these reasons I am voting to Remain,” he said in a statement on Facebook.
Beckham, 41, highlighted the European influence on his star-studded career, during which he won 19 major trophies and spent four years at Real Madrid.
“I grew up with a core group of young British players that included Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and the Neville Brothers,” he added.
“That team might have gone on to win trophies but we were a better and more successful team because of a Danish goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, the leadership of an Irishman Roy Keane and the skill of a Frenchman in Eric Cantona.”

Beckham signs for team Remain ahead of EU vote

AFP, LONDON: England football great David Beckham on Tuesday backed Britain to remain in the European Union, hailing the positive influence of European players on British football. For our children and their children, we should be facing the problems of the world together and not alone, said the former Man United star. We live in a vibrant and connected world where together as a people we are strong. For these reasons I am voting to Remain, he said in a statement on Facebook. Beckham, 41, highlighted the European influence on his star-studded career, during which he won 19 major trophies and spent four years at Real Madrid. I grew up with a core group of young British players that included Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and the Neville Brothers, he added. That team might have gone on to win trophies but we were a better and more successful team because of a Danish goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, the leadership of an Irishman Roy Keane and the skill of a Frenchman in Eric Cantona.