Former Manchester United star David Beckham was given a harsh wake-up call from his son
Former Manchester United star David Beckham has failed to convert all of his children into Red Devils supporters, with Romeo finally enjoying some football glory at his dad’s expense.
Romeo has been an Arsenal fan since childhood and this week got to enjoy the Gunners lifting a long-awaited Premier League title. The 23-year-old rang his father at 7am on Wednesday morning to remind him that the London club were league champions for the first time since he was a toddler.
“Someone has [been] waiting a long time for this day, years of torment from his dad [but now] he gets his moment,” Beckham Sr. wrote on an Instagram story, alongside a photograph of a young Romeo dressed in Arsenal kit. He had previously revealed his second-born son also phoned him the very instant the London side secured the title.
The former England ace posted two further photographs of his son in Arsenal shirts from years past, before cautioning that back-to-back titles won’t be easy. “Don’t get used to it mate, United will be back next year and sorry for the torment over all these years,” the 51 year old added. “Oh and thanks for the 7am call this morning [to say] ‘Dad I woke up a champion’.”
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Romeo shared a pair of his own photographs on his Instagram grid. One pictured him as a youngster wearing an Arsenal goalkeeper shirt and gloves, while the other showed the Bukayo Saka scarf he donned while celebrating the title victory this week.
Not everyone was in a celebratory mood, however. Phil Neville, who lined up alongside Romeo’s father at Old Trafford, fired back with a claim that “You’re a Man Utd fan Romeo”.
One of the major factors in Romeo’s decision to support Arsenal rather than his father’s old team is the impression former manager Arsene Wenger made on him during a visit to a match as a youngster. David told former team-mate Rio Ferdinand about the experience when he took his son to watch the North London club for the first time.
“We walked in, amazing seats. Sat in the director’s box,” he said. “Lunch was unbelievable before the game – it was like wagyu, full on, everything.
“So we walk in, I’m sat there and then Arsene walks in the room and he comes straight over to the table, introduces himself to Romeo, and he says, ‘Come with me son.’
“So he takes him down to the changing room, meets all the players, gives him a shirt, signed, takes him onto the pitch, walks him back up to the table and then gives him an Arsenal cashmere scarf, and that was it. It was done. I’ve tried to change his mind since but impossible.”
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