Gary Lineker and passionately political broadcaster Piers Morgan after they disagreed over whether David Beckham truly deserved star status as a footballer.
It all began when Odell Beckham Jr's performance at the Super Bowl 2022 caught the former Good Morning Britain presenter's eye."Great to watch a Beckham who can actually play football… #SuperBowl," Piers tweeted out to almost eight million followers.He included a photo of Odell on the pitch in his distinctive "Beckham Jr 3" shirt to punctuate his point.BBC sports pundit, Gary fired back: " You might dislike him, for whatever reason, but David [Beckham] was a great footballer.
One of our finest."Piers responded: "You might want to suck up to him, for whatever reason, but Beckham was the most overrated player in history.
Wouldn't have got onto the Arsenal Invincibles bench."The pair continued their cheeky back and forth argument swung back and forth, as Piers insisted that Gunners hero Freddie Ljungberg was in a "different league" to Beckham.However, Gary responded by defiantly listing some of Beckham's achievements, as he penned: "6 Premier Leagues, 2 FA Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 La Liga, 1 Ligue 1.
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