Learn English with Football Star David Beckham Talk Show English Subtitles
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Hey ladies and gentlemen ladies and
gentlemen please welcome mr. David
Beckham wait morning have a seat have a
seat welcome welcome to Google so let’s
uh let’s kick off no pun intended with a
little little soccer or for our
international friends football you know
you David you really have had a global
soccer career
I mean you joined Manchester United the
young age of 17 you won nine major
trophies in 11 years they are very
impressive you then joined Real Madrid
where you want another trophy and then
since 2007 you’ve been here in the u.s.
playing for the LA Galaxy where last
year you won yet another trophy and I
think that puts you in a very rare group
of trifecta winners of three trophies on
three different countries so
congratulations thank you very much and
then obviously while while preparing to
meet you last night I heard I read even
more news last night the big news
they’ve you decided to stay here in the
US and continue to play for the US the
LA Galaxy congratulations and I think we
are excited that you chose Google as a
place to come talk to your fans and the
rest of the world about that news so why
don’t we start there what are you tell
us a little bit about that decision to
stay with the galaxy well good morning
first of all I’m excited to be here to
be part of this is exciting for me and
to be here with you all and everyone
else watching around the world it’s
exciting Google’s one of the biggest
companies in the world so I’m honored to
be here today my decision obviously
throughout my career has always been
about my family about you know my career
about my football footballing career and
I’ve been lucky to have played over the
years with some of the biggest clubs in
the world some of the best players in
the world
and you know it’s been exciting I’ve
been lucky
enough to have been successful in in
many different clubs that are played for
and professionally coming to the US was
it was something that I was excited
about it was a challenge it was a new
challenge of a played in Europe but won
everything I possibly could in Europe
and I wanted a new challenge so you know
when you conquer Europe it’s nothing
like I said I was like I said I was very
lucky in my career so so then obviously
coming to America was an exciting thing
for me and I’ve had a great five years
met a lot of good people a lot of great
fans around the world traveled around
America played in different parts of
America which I’d never played in before
and it’s been exciting so you know this
championship at the end of this year was
one of the most satisfying in my career
I must admit you know it’s to have been
here for the time that I’ve been here to
reach the goals that I had reached off
the field we’ve raised in you know the
popularity of the game I’d reach those
goals the only goal that I hadn’t
reached was a championship with the
galaxy which is and is the main reason
why I came to America and and came to
the galaxy as a franchise so that was
missing but now it’s not so graduation
but obviously with the new contract now
it was a decision that I I didn’t take
lightly because you know I obviously had
other offers from other clubs around the
world and at 36 years old you don’t
expect to still get these offers so that
was nice but you know it was all about
you know where I felt you the future was
going for the game here in the US and
also where my family was happiest and my
family happiest here at the moment we
love living in LA we love living in
America and we’ve adapted the culture
we’ve adapted everything that this
country has and we enjoy that so I’m
gonna continue to enjoy playing soccer
here and my family you’ll continue to
enjoy it well speaking of kind of away
from the galaxy I saw when you came in
2007 you made a very public
that you wanted to help grow the game of
soccer in the US can you talk a little
bit about how that’s going in some areas
around growing the gaming that’s the
thing you know is one of the reasons why
I came to this country is because for me
soccer is the number one sport around
the world apart from America
there’s don’t get don’t get me wrong the
other sports American football
basketball baseball they’re all great
sports and and have great athletes in
these sports but you know number one
game in the world is soccer so I want to
get soccer to a different level in this
country and I think that we’ve done that
in the last I’ve felt it changed in the
last couple of years and that’s why I
didn’t want to walk away from it because
I’ve felt the change and to walk away at
this point would be would be
disappointing because I’ve been part of
that growth and I want to continue to be
part of that growth so you know it’s an
exciting time you know and it’s it’s
great for the family as well you know
great for the family to be here well
speaking of the family I think we’ve all
read how important family is to you so
you know what role did Victoria and the
kids have in decision in making this
decision I mean they have they have to
final answer simple as that
that sounded wrong but no obviously you
know when you when you’re married when
you have children you know your
priorities totally change you know 10
years ago when I was playing at
Manchester United at Real Madrid you
know obviously we were married but it
was it was a lot easier for us to make
decisions based on our careers whereas
we’ve got three amazing boys now and and
a little girl that we have to look after
and it’s all about them so our our
priorities are about our children but
you know like I said in in the question
before the growth of the game is growing
and you know to see when I first arrived
there be 12 12 teams in in the league
now there’s 19 their stadiums being
built around America solely for soccer
which is a which is
thank you you know and that’s that’s the
exciting part of why I’m one of the
reasons why I wanted to stay yeah I
think the impact of your presence on the
game has been very clear over the last
five years I think one of the other
questions that I’m sure on a lot of
people’s mind you know with this
decision is you know really why come to
Google to tell the world and talk to
your fans why not why not so simple I
can say this is one of the biggest
companies in the world and it reaches so
many millions of people and I felt that
you know it’s something that you always
see when you open your computer you like
that and and and something that was
really excited about so you know like I
said I’m honored to be here with
everyone of thanks for coming out
because there’s a lot there’s a lot of
you thank you so so when getting ready
for this visit we saw that you posted a
video call out for questions on YouTube
which is fantastic and I’d say from that
video we’ve collected tons of questions
we’ve gone through them we’ve curated
them and obviously we’ll go through some
of those today I think just also so you
know your your Google following is also
very strong obviously you can see the
people here in Charlie’s but addition to
this group there are about 26 other
offices from around the world kind of
dialed in to watch this and ask you
questions as well and I think if it
weren’t so late in some of the other
parts of the world we’d have even more
than that so congratulations on building
a following here at Google as well so
let’s dig into some of the questions
right away you know we’ll start with
football Tom ooh-ee from California
wants to know what is the biggest
difference between playing football in
America versus Europe I mean there’s not
a huge amount of difference one of the
biggest difference I’d say is just to
travel it’s literally the travel you
know in Europe we only have to travel
about an hour to to a game or two hours
at the most
whereas when we play east coast we’re
playing you know in New York is five
five and a half hour journey so that’s
that’s a big difference but on the field
you know the level of players definitely
gone up in the last three or four years
and I think that it’s at a stage now
where
you know this game was starting to
attract the interest of some big names
and big players in in Europe and I think
you know there has to be a certain
change with you know some of the things
that goes on throughout the meet but I
think you know it’s a lead now we’re you
know European teams big european teams
are coming over for their pre-season and
they’re playing against us so you know
five years ago you know kind of the
galaxy had been heard of but i think now
with the interest of the players that
have come over such as robbie keane and
obviously london donovan as a you know
as a u.s. star you know we’ve had that
that that interest and it’s uh it’s
exciting to be part of yeah I think it
must be great to see the growth you know
see the change year over a year when the
speed and the power of I think that’s
what you always want you know you want
to see something grow you know if you
sit still so long you know this better
than anyone with with Google you know if
you sit there too long then you know
things change around you and to see the
growth to see the change you know I’m
proud to be part of that that’s great
another question my hands are a– asks
what is the first thing you do think our
notice when you step onto the field
initially I think just the excitement
I’m still here I’m 36 years old and
every time I step on the field I’m I’m
like a little kid and I know once that
changes then that’s when I’ll feel I’ll
have to stop playing but until that
changed I’m going to continue to play as
as long as possible and as long as you
know teams keep off of me new contract
but it seems like that love of the game
that childhood joy of just playing the
game is what drives you
I’ve always been driven you know even a
young age all I ever wanted to do was
become a footballer or a soccer star and
that was my only ambition you know I
know it’s different these days with kids
you know this obviously this Fame this
fortune and it might be easy for me to
say that because obviously I’ve done
I’ve done very well out of the game but
you know I’d still be playing this game
even if I wasn’t being paid for it
no no that doesn’t want to be paid for
it I still would be playing for paying
playing this this small very good very
good
another question Christina Greenwood
asked do you ever listen to music before
a soccer game to kind of get yourself
pumped up always girls Spice Girls
I mean one of they always gets me going
before everybody that’s always see here
so no Spice Girls is not on the playlist
it’s on my ipod but it’s not on the
playlist that’s that’s for a different
time with the kids but no I always
listen to music you know I’m a huge
jay-z firm huge Stone Roses fan as well
who are getting back together and you
just plug in them and know yeah you know
at different clubs it’s strange before
games we always listen to music but
there’s certain managers at certain
clubs that don’t like music before
before a game in the changer in which
you know in the end most players end up
listening yeah you know with their
headsets here that’s good Min Ko wants
you to give up the secret you know how
do you train for the perfect back and
kick we’ve seen it you know how does it
happen
I mean it’s just people have asked me
that over the years you know how do I
curl a ball or how do I bend the ball
and yeah it’s something that just
happened it’s not something that I
thought okay I want to bend the ball
better than anyone else so I’m gonna
kick the ball within this certain way I
just worked on my striking of the ball I
just practiced every day it’s something
that I’ve done from a very young age you
know even after every training session
you know I’d take Bulls on on my own and
just go and kick and and and try and
find new ways of getting the ball in the
net without anyone touching it and you
know I’ve been lucky enough to have done
that over the years with with the way I
kick the ball and I know that it’s a
unique style and I know I know it’s a
unique style just because my back hurts
a little bit more than than it did when
I was 15 years old but no I you know
it’s something I practice of course you
know it’s one thing I tell kids and and
unless you practice you’re never gonna
you know get better at something well I
think there’s not a goalkeeper in the
world who is not terrified when you line
up for that free kick so whatever you’re
doing keep doing it and so we have a
couple questions you know live from
London actually from our office in
London which we wanted to have that your
homeland people good answer you why
don’t you go ahead
hi David Hayden my question is who is
more likely to win a World Cup in the
future England or the USA
that’s a terrible question to offer on
Saturn
I’m gonna have to say England cut I’m
really sorry I’m sorry I’ve got a lot of
respect for you know the us players in
the US team and they’ve got some very
talented players but I believe at some
point England are going to win a World
Cup because we have got a lot of
talented players in our country and
we’re very passionate and it’s where the
game began in you know so for me
definitely I think England they’re gonna
want to work up at some point America is
just pacing themselves us a few years
behind us but a few years after exactly
JT hey David JP over in London morning
afternoon evening pointed by it even in
kind of it and so I’ve seen you play a
couple times one of them was a tsunami
charity game you played at Barcelona
with loads of superstars and I just
wanted to know who was the greatest
player you play with or against okay
again I’ve been lucky enough over the
years to have played with some of the
best players in the world obviously
being a Manchester United being at Real
Madrid being an AC Milan you know these
are three of the biggest clubs hidden in
the world so obviously there’s some
great players there being able to play a
very Ken Turner I think that was that
was a great thing as a Manchester United
being able to play with a player
is bryan robson that was my hero and i
wanted to emulate but I think the best
player I’ve ever played with his sedan
he’s a player with a lot of passion a
lot of skill and it’s not just a an
amazing player he’s he’s a great person
as well the player the hardest player to
have played against with Roberto Carlos
OU’s it was now actually one of my best
friends but even when I didn’t know him
as well as I do now he used to kick the
hell out of me the whole game but he had
this cheeky smile which you couldn’t
hate him in it in any way possible but
he’s definitely the most the toughest
player I’ve played against Cody my
question is if le galaxy would play in
the English Premier League
probably stack up against the
conversation we’d win it no I think you
know the galaxy have been great in the
last two years we’ve been really
successful we’ve obviously been close to
winning the championship over the over
the last few years but then obviously
this year winning the championship we’ve
got a lot of good young players coming
through players that you know teams in
Europe are interested in so I think we
would do well in the Premiership it’d be
interesting I think you never know I
mean that’s the beauty of the game I
mean I think you know you work hard
train hard I mean that’s what stuff is
all about you know it’s all about upsets
it’s all about you know you know teams
that you don’t think as good as other
teams going in and beating them you know
that’s what the FA Cup is all about in
England you know lower league teams go
in and they beat some of the you know
the best Premiership teams in England so
it’s what it’s all about but I think I
think we’d do well over there maybe one
day it might be a bit cold before a few
players in in December but we’d do well
that’s great
JT mentioned the charity game that you
played and I think you know we’ve seen
you do a lot of philanthropic work
throughout your career I think we
touched on it in the UNICEF work in the
highlight video and recently we saw that
you were in Afghanistan visiting some
troops there can you tell us what about
what that trip was and what you did
there I mean I know it sounds kind of a
cliche but charities one of my biggest
passions I’ve been lucky enough to be
involved with UNICEF as an ambassador
and that’s something that I’m very proud
of but I want to do more you know
obviously with with my job we’ve you
know in my travel it’s very difficult to
go into the field and to do different
things but I’ve been able to go to
places like Sierra Leone you know and go
in places like that and seeing the
change that UNICEF are making to so many
people around the world that’s one of my
biggest passions that’s why when people
say to me after my career and we’re
going to go into coaching I need to be
passionate about something that I’m
going to go into and coaching I love
coaching kids but I prefer to go into
the field and see the kids you know in
Sierra Leone or in in different parts of
Africa and around the world and coach
them because this it’s making a huge
difference going to Afghanistan was
something that I’d always wanted to do
to see the troops of course you know and
when I got when I ruptured my Achilles
two years ago I had some time off
obviously and and I thought okay I need
to put that to to you know to do
something good and I had the chance to
go to Afghanistan it was a secret at the
time but then obviously by the time I
got there it was that it was out but you
know it was a huge thing you know to
some of the the job that the troops do
over over there and Afghanistan is
really incredible to see the conditions
that they work under and and you know
they’re putting their lives at risk
every single day and it must be
gut-wrenching for their families to see
their loved ones you know brothers
sisters sons daughter you know it’s
there’s so many different levels that is
difficult and to go to Afghanistan was a
one of the best things I’ve done in my
life yeah I think it must be in with
your work with UNICEF since 2005 I mean
it must be amazing to see you know you
as an international football star how
the game can bring such a joy or change
people’s lives and just these kids all
around the world I mean that’s what’s
great about about soccer you know I’ve
said it so many times that when I was
when I was in Sierra Leone you know
these kids are walking about we’ve
literally no clothes on
but you arrive you put a soccer ball in
front of them they play like my kids
play and that’s that’s what soccer can
do for you and do for kids and do for
families for that 90 minutes you know
you’re driving along the street and you
know like I said this kid with no
clothes on and running around with no
shoes on and then you look over and then
you know kids are watching Premiership
games in a in on the side of the street
you know it can change people’s lives it
can you know for that 90 minutes of a
game it takes them away from the life
they’ve got every single day and that
that is the power of soccer it’s a power
of sports it’s it’s something that one
of the reasons why I love being involved
in sports it is amazing
so moving out a little bit as we look
through all the questions that we got
you know coming to you I think
unsurprisingly there were a lot of
questions from people who are curious
about your personal life you know I
think when you marry a Spice Girl I
guess that happens yes it does but I
think before he gets all of those one of
the more overarching questions that
everyone had and everyone wants to know
is what was it like to be at the wedding
of the decade the Royal Wedding
what was it like to be there I mean we
had to pinch ourselves when we got the
invite you know I’ve setup I’ve become
friends with with with Prince William
and he’s a he’s a great guy and
obviously and Harry as well and I was
brought up around the royal family to
love the royal family my family my
grandparents were big Royalists and so
we was brought up to love the royal
family and I think when when obviously
Princess died I was around you know the
the love for her and for the royal
family was was incredible
and she was loved by millions and
millions of people not just in our
country and then obviously you you you
watch the lives of William and Harry and
you you see everything about them and
it’s kind of like The Truman Show you
know they’re kind of growing and growing
and doing different things and being
part of different charities and growing
up from young boys to - yup - young men
and to grown men and and it makes you
proud to be English to see that happen
you know you watch their lives you watch
what they’ve been through and then you
watch them grow into the people they are
today and and they’re very special
people and you know the the Royal
Wedding was a huge thing for our country
- to have a celebration like that it was
it was very special and it give it gave
you know our country a huge lift at the
time and has continued to do that but
being at the Royal Wedding was
incredible
it was all my favorite parts I mean the
one of the best things about it for my
wife she was 8 months pregnant and she
was worried about where we was going to
be sitting as she needed to be as close
to the restaurant as possible and our
seat was perfect because because we
could see obviously William and Kate
walk in but then obviously Victoria
could then she was like five steps away
from the restaurant which was perfect so
it was a it was an amazing day and you
know we’re proud to be part of that as
an Englishman that’s great well speaking
of Victorian being pregnant nur aqui she
has a question about Harper the question
is has Harper spoken her first word yet
what was it and if not are there any
playful competitions between you and
Victoria to see if she’ll say mommy or
daddy first I mean I think naturally the
first word is gonna be mama and she’s
close to her already she sent a few
things but you know I’ve obviously got
free amazing boys and with boys you know
I’m sure people that have children know
or people who have been around children
know with boys you can throw them up and
they drop and they get up and they just
run around and with boys it’s like that
but you know obviously my first
experience of having a little girl and
and still I still I’m changing a diaper
and I’m thinking I can’t believe I’ve
got a girl so you know everything about
her is feminine you know the way she
moves the way she eats the way she smile
was the way she looks
you know everything about her is
feminine and I know it sounds obvious
but it’s an amazing thing having a
little girl in the family now after
having three boys but the best thing
about it is she’s got three older
brothers mm-hmm yes
well I got the say she and a dead she
isn’t AB C’s an impeccable dresser from
what I’ve seen so how old robe is
ridiculous already that’s I’m glad I got
to two-year contract very good well
staying with that I mean obviously with
three boys and now girl in Victoria you
know
Andres Rubio barriga asks how do you
keep the balance between work and family
obviously you’ve got a hectic life
around the world what’s that like I mean
obviously as a family we’re very busy as
a couple we’re very busy Victoria’s got
a collection that he’s obviously doing
unbelievably well but there’s a lot of
pressure that comes with that obviously
you know and I’m working every day I
play and train every day so it’s it’s
difficult but like I said before you
know our number one priority is our
children and their family nothing else
gets in the way of that
you know when I’m away Victoria’s at
home with the boys and and Harper when
when she’s away vice versa so you know
we’re we’re very hands-on parents you
know I take the kids to school every day
pick them up every day we go Taekwondo
we go soccer we go you know there’s so
many things that we do with the kids and
like I said we’re very hands-on parents
so you know it doesn’t our lives our
busy lives don’t affect you know the
children in any way but but the children
understand that we work very hard as
well so you know we’ve got we’ve got a
very good balance there it’s amazing to
see I mean people as busy and hectic as
you in Vitoria it can still take your
kids to Taekwondo and be as hands-on I
think it’s a I mean it sets the kid kids
up for life I think you know the way you
are with them at a very young age and
you know we’ve got a very very special
kids that’s great you earlier talking
about obviously the travel with with the
galaxy and you’ve lived in Italy Spain
the UK karolina ramos asks what is your
where is your favorite place in the
world favorite place in the world I
would have to say I had funnily enough I
love
Harris as a city fondly enough and they
was obviously one of the offers I got to
go and play there so but I love Paris
which is very romantic this is amazing
culture amazing food and wine but you
know I’m very proud to be English in
London there’s not many better place in
the world than London mmm very good I’m
sure London who was very happy to hear
that I hope so
so while we’re on the the personal life
topic stuff I have to say I was I
promised some fellow co-workers I would
ask you this question okay please you
know don’t be embarrassed but you know I
think a lot of people are interested
what’s up with the new underwear
campaign hardly this is you know I mean
I heard Superbowl ad and the big is this
thing gonna get another pun I mean
[Laughter]
obviously I was part of Armani campaign
for a couple of years and that was a
huge success and then you know I was
interested in doing something along the
lines with with with my own range of
underwear and body wear and so I got
together with a few people and part of
my team and and we designed and and made
everything and we had the product all
ready to go and then H&M came in and
they said look we can we can make this
better for you and and they did you know
they they’re taking it to 1,800 stores
40 different countries and it’s
something that I could have probably had
taken a few years but you know wouldn’t
have reached that level of you know of
distribution so I’m very proud of it
pictures are pictures are good
jump which I’m happy about the product
looks great so that’s exciting you know
it’s I’m launching on February 1st so
it’s gonna be exciting that’s that’s in
London so Super Bowl ad know can you say
there’s a Super Bowl wait which is which
is very exciting because you know the
amount of people that watch the Super
Bowl and she is gonna see the advert the
worlds of football collide which I just
thought about very good very good a
couple more questions on the personal
side MTA’s eye jaws asked as wondering
are you considering starring in a film
with Tom Cruise loved to star in this
video we’re told crews who wouldn’t I
got it
you know people have asked me over the
years especially when I first moved to
LA they was like he’s obviously going
over to you know become an actor and I
can’t act simple as that you know it’s
something that I’ve never done I’ve been
involved with obviously adverts and
different you know I was involved in a
couple of movies that were about soccer
but you know not major parts not much
talking involved so that was that was
great
but who knows he something might happen
in the future that if someone comes up
to me and says you know we want you to
play this person and you know and maybe
it will happen but I don’t think so it’s
it’s not something it’s not an ambition
of mine already her first something
might happen in the future
exactly you know Never Say Never Never
Say Never because you guys are neighbors
right you live yeah we live five minutes
away five minutes away so you know nono
banter around you know the recycling I
mean there’s been too but not banter
that I could say live on Google gotcha
very good very good one more question on
this Dinoco asks are you feeling nervous
about your first Google+ hangout I’m not
nervous I’m excited you know being here
today I was excited you know woke up at
6 o’clock this morning and give the kids
breakfast just before I left and I was
excited about it it’s something that I
was really looking forward to so not
nervous that’s good I think why should
that be I know I think it’s a no I think
you’re doing fine I think you know
afterwards it’ll be easy I mean it’s
just you know video conferencing with
you know a bunch of your fans talking
face-to-face it seems like something
that surely fun then okay I think and
for those of you that would like to
watch that afterwards David will be
talking with some fans at 10:30 Pacific
time right here on ask Google Plus
profile so I think now we’re going to
take some questions from Googlers around
the world I think we’ll take a couple
questions live from here in the audience
and some kind of pre-selected questions
so any Googler that has a question
please begin lining up but we’ll start
with a question from Michael
accomplisher from London and he wants to
know did you have a role model as a
child and who was it I had a role model
in football in soccer sorry that was
Bryan Robson he used to play for
Manchester United he was kept in a
Manchester United City captain of
England he wore the number seven for
Manchester United and England and
everything that he did I wanted to do
and become and and do exactly what he
was like as a player and I was lucky
because I wore number seven for
Manchester United wore number seven for
England and captained England and
Manchester United so I was very lucky to
have done that so he was you know a role
model that I looked up to when we take a
live question over here and it was
everything that you’ve accomplished in
kind of your career in your life in
general what would you say is the most
meaningful accomplishment that you’ve
had my family my families
it really is you know obviously I’ve
I’ve done a lot in my career and I’ve
been able to be successful in different
countries and different teams and
different leagues but and I’m very proud
of that but you know my proudest
possession is my family next thank you
when we take one on the same hi David
hey um I wanted if you could talk a bit
about the London Olympics obviously
you’re involved in the bid at the time
yeah and so are you hoping for a place
in Team GB and what would it mean to you
to play in a couple picks I mean it’s
exciting you know for our country to
host one of the biggest sporting events
in the world I think it’s it’s really
exciting and I think buzz around England
and around London especially in around
East London where obviously I’m I was
brought up it’s exciting so yes I would
love to be part of Team GB I’ve never
been involved in Olympics and when when
you know the team came to me and said
you know we want you to be involved in
in the bid to get the Olympics to our
country and to London
I wasn’t skeptical but I was I was kind
of nervous because you know I’m not an
athlete that has performed in the
Olympics so I kind of I was worried what
I was going to bring to the table and
what I was going to do to help bring it
to our country but you know to be there
and to be part of a successful bid to
bring it to London I was very proud of
it’s one of the proudest moments that
that I’ve been involved in you know
especially to be sat there one side and
then the Paris side whilst at the other
side and all the media actually had
moved to the in front of the the Paris
team so we all of a sudden got worried
and then we expected Paris to be called
out and then then London came out and it
was there was an exciting time but it’s
gonna be gonna be an amazing games you
know we’re gonna make it proud it’s
great we have a question from Anoosh
ganda from London and he going back to
the proudest moment in
in your footballing career so far what
would be the proudest moment proudest
moment in my footballing career is it
have to be winning the treble for
Manchester United the year you know 99
you know it was a great year I got
married I had my first son and we won
the treble so it was a it was a big year
hey David
since moving to California what’s the
funniest misunderstanding your Victoria
I’ve had because of your accent I’m not
sure we’ve had as a funnier one than as
our children had the other day we were
sat there in the kitchen well when in
the in our first year and in Brooklyn
Brooklyn was writing on on a piece of
paper or drawing or doing some sketching
and he said he said daddy I need I need
some rubbers and now and I started
looking around and I looked over and we
had a couple of friends there from the
US and they was they looked in shock so
I didn’t understand it at the time but
he now calls them erasers anyway
that is awesome take one on this side
hi David thank you for coming actually
don’t have an accent I just really like
yours
my accent
Thanks yeah so thanks for coming I’m
wondering after today’s hangout do you
have plans on how you’d like to use
hangouts in the future in terms of
engaging with your fans all over the
world
well hoping it goes well then they’ll
definitely be more but you know I think
this is the first time I’ve done it so
it’s uh it’s exciting you know to be
able to hang out with fans they’ve
supported me over the years and
throughout my career it’s special and
obviously it gives them a chance to ask
me questions that they’ve obviously
never been able to so it’s a I’m excited
and hopefully they’ll be walk can I get
a quick picture with you of course you
can
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you look handsome buddy
thank you that very number all right
ready
one two three cheese there you go back
to the questions I know derman there
sing from the San Francisco office asks
about you know throughout your your
career you’ve played against many teams
which particular team or set of players
has left you and on I think you talked
about players but you know maybe you can
talk a lit more or the team side that
you’ve played against I think teams that
have played against they’ve left me in
or I’d have to say the Barcelona team
every time you come up against the
Barcelona team they play the game in
such a great way
but I think the the the one team that I
played against that that were amazing it
was where Ronaldo the Brazilian player
got a standing ovation from the
Manchester United fans and that team
watching that team the way they played
for me you know it left you kind of you
know in awe of the players of the setup
of of them as a club and the players
that played there you know they had
Sudan rail Roberto Carlos Ronaldo little
little did I know I’d be playing with
them the season after so you know that
was exciting but they’re definitely the
team that was in or off that’s great
that’s great when we take a question on
this site your wife has been known to
wear some pretty ridiculously tall shoes
I was wondering what your opinion is on
your wife’s Footwear
I think taller the better put this valve
not I’ve not worn them she’s she said
over the years that I wore underwear
some unknown reason she said that live
on TV by the way
which is not true but no the shoes are
great I was you know I love a pair of
high heels on a lady so different
question hey tell me the type of
question so if you if you want to pick a
team to beat FC Barcelona so which one
do you want to choose and we already
have some ideas to beat them I think to
come up against a Barcelona team is it’s
exciting you know you can never be
worried about playing against a team you
know as great as Barcelona are as great
as Real Madrid and Manchester United are
we’re a team that’s growing and we’ve
got some very good young players in our
team and we’ve been able like I said
earlier about the interest in in this
league and our team around the world you
know we’ve had some of the biggest
players and the biggest teams come over
and want to play against us in in
preseason games so we’ve come up against
AC Milan Barcelona Real Madrid I was
gonna say Manchester City but but we’ve
come up against some some great teams
and it’s great to have that interest so
you know you should never be worried
about who are you gonna play against
okay we’ll take one final question over
here and
thanks for coming David um I know if
you’ve been around league you’ve been
around you know various different
leagues where would you like to finish
your soccer career at would you like to
go back to Manchester United do you want
to stay in America or do you want to
tackle somewhere a league that you’ve
never been to I mean you know my next
birthday may may I’ll be 37 in soccer
years it’s it’s not so young but in life
in life is young and I still feel young
so I’ll continue to play the game as
long as I can I love it you know every
single day I enjoy going to training I
enjoy playing in games
I enjoy being part of a team and you
know my contracts now for two years so
take me up to almost 39 almost and then
we’ll see you know I think people
expected me to you know move away from
the galaxy or retire at the end of this
year so I’m excited about these next
couple of years but you know we’ll see
what happens in the future we do
actually have a shirt for you I’m not
gonna ask you to autograph it but you
know we do have a Google Beckham track
job which we would like to present to us
thank you very much
thank you we definitely definitely want
to thank you for coming and I think in
addition to track jacket you know all
the Googlers here in the audience please
know that you’ll there is a google plus
david beckham t-shirt for everyone here
it will be available in Benghazi in
building 43 from now until 11:00 a.m. I
don’t think David can sign all of them
so please be understanding around that
but please enjoy your free t-shirt for
those of you on the live stream and for
those of you that have more questions
please feel free to join david at 10:30
and i hang out on his Google+ profile
thank you very much David we really
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