David Beckham has been crowned with the prestigious PFA Merit award, which has been won by the likes of Ryan Giggs in the past.

Regarded as one of the greatest footballers in his time, Beckham has played for top clubs in the world like Real Madrid, Manchester United, and AC Milan. He recently ended his career while playing for Paris St Germain and LA Galaxy. Now, the star has been looking to enter into football ownership rather than management. After having served as an inspiration to several million players around the world, Beckham has also been a key figure in the England national team.

David Beckham has added yet another honour to his trophy cabinet after winning the PFA merit award for his impeccable services to the game.

The 41-year-old is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. In picking up the award, he manages to follow in the footsteps of Ryan Giggs, his former Manchester United teammate. This is the second time become is picking up this award after he became the recipient when it was given to the class of 92, a group of youngsters who progressed through the ranks at Manchester United under the guidance of Alex Ferguson. This award was given in 2013.

Memphis Depay brought an end to his Manchester United horror story during the January transfer window, as his early a £13 million move to the French club, Lyon.

The departure of Depay was very much on the cards, as he failed to settle in the Premier league from the word go. He was signed by former boss Louis Van Gaal as a result of being one of the most talented players in French football.Depay, however, soon realised that working wonders in the Dutch league is unlikely to get a player anywhere when it comes to the Premier League.

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has revealed that ahead of his record transfer move to the Spanish side, he spoke with former players of the club in David Beckham and Steve McManaman.

The Welsh star told The Sun that he was keen on avoiding the mistakes that other English players made in Spain.

David Beckham has claimed that a few wrong decisions quickly led to the rift with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The rift between the duo is one of the most popular incidents in the world of football. Despite being the superstar of his generation, Ferguson decided to get back in out of Manchester United as soon as it became apparent that the England winger was not going to be able to stay grounded. Beckham started focusing more on his personal endorsements after his marriage to Victoria Beckham. This led to the high profile moved to Real Madrid in 2003 where he spent the next four years before joining LA Galaxy in 2007.

Three Lions legend David Beckham had his football boot auctioned off cheaply after they were recovered from criminals. The said football boots were sold for £300 while another pair that belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo went for £500.

The football boots were part of items recovered from crooks who bought them and other memorabilia as investments, according to reports. At the same auction, the boxing glove of boxing legend Mike Tyson went for £325 as part of the seized items being Proceeds of Crime Act.

David Beckham’s reputation as the ‘golden boy’ as continued to take a hit as his email scandal continues to make the rounds in the media.

Emails that he sent four years ago have been circulated by the media after it was exposed by Football Leaks.

Even though he may be retired, David Beckham still remains as one of the top earning sportspersons in the world.

The figures for 2016 have shown that Beckham was making £71,000 for each day through his various businesses. Since his retirement as a footballer, Beckham has showed a penchant for business by opening several ventures. Many of those ventures took advantage of this incredible popularity around the world, while he has also been looking at opening up a franchise in the MLS.

Three Lions legend David Beckham has hailed Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the player won Sweden Golden Ball award for the 11th time.

Beckham used to be Ibrahimovic’s teammate when he moved to the French side after his time in the Major League Soccer playing for Los Angeles Galaxy. Both players won the French Ligue 1 together before Beckham retired after just a year.

Former Scotland player Neil McCann says that England lack a player like Paul Scholes are David Beckham, someone who can galvanise the team with their world-class talent.

Beckham is regarded as one of the iconic English talents. He captained the country for several years and remained as one of the record appearance makers before being overtaken by Wayne Rooney. After his retirement a few years ago, Beckham has been looking to get into football ownership rather than football management. So far, his dream of becoming a football owner is yet to materialise.