David Beckham has deed retired astatine Minnesota United successful a bid of societal media comments pursuing Inter Miami's crushing decision astatine Allianz Field connected Saturday.
Beckham, who co-owns the Florida-based MLS side, saw his squad crumble successful the Upper Midwest of the United States, shipping 4 to the Loons.
The hosts scored 2 successful each half, either broadside of Lionel Messi's 10th extremity successful each competitions this season, to manus Miami their heaviest decision since the Argentine legend's accomplishment astatine the nine successful 2023.
Following the match, Minnesota United's societal media squad took to Instagram to mock Beckham's club.
The relationship posted a representation of celebrations accompanied by the caption 'Pink Phony Club', a play connected words connected Chappell Roan's smash deed opus and a notation to Miami's location kit.
The erstwhile Manchester United and Real Madrid prima did not instrumentality kindly to the post, and commented 'Show a small respect @mnufc beryllium elegant successful triumph.' successful effect to the jibe.
David Beckham, 50, has taken contented with a brace of societal media posts from Minnesota United
The posts came aft Beckham's Inter Miami broadside were good beaten by Minnesota connected Saturday
Beckham deed backmost astatine Minnesota's Chappell Roan-themed dig, asking for them to amusement 'respect'
There was evidently atrocious humor betwixt the 2 clubs up of this match, with Minnesota fans displaying a banner that criticised the Inter Miami project, which Beckham has been spearheading since 2014.
Since the nine made its debut successful 2020, Miami person brought successful superstars specified arsenic Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and of course, Messi, with an purpose to go the US' apical team.
And portion fans each implicit the satellite person taken announcement of the project, Minnesota supporters were wide with however they felt astir it arsenic their tifo work 'History implicit hype, civilization implicit cash' - a wide jibe astatine Beckham and the club.
The St Paul-based nine decided to station the banner connected societal media with the caption '49 years and counting, which erstwhile again prompted Beckham to drawback back. 'Respect implicit everything @mnufc,' helium wrote.
Miami presently beryllium 4th successful the Eastern Conference, with a crippled successful manus implicit the teams supra them, and are acceptable for a engaged spell with the revamped Club World Cup approaching adjacent month.
Beckham had already been dealing with a batch up of this spat. The sporting icon turned 50 years aged earlier this period and threw an elaborate party, which the likes of Gary Neville attended.
A week aft the bash, it was announced that some Beckham and Neville are spearheading a caller ownership radical astatine League Two broadside Salford City – with the remainder of their erstwhile Class of ’92 stars stepping away.
The erstwhile United team-mates already held a 60 per cent stock astatine the Greater Manchester nine on with Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs, anterior to the anouncement.
The nine besides shared a banner that had been propped up during the match, which was an unequivocal excavation astatine Miami
Once again, Beckham took contented with the graceless posts from the societal media team
Beckham precocious announced that helium is completing a takeover of Salford City with Gary Neville
However, that quartet has present handed implicit their shares portion Beckham and Neville person brought successful caller partners and concern of betwixt £11-15million arsenic they people Championship shot wrong 5 years.
Taking to Instagram to stock the news, Beckham wrote: 'Salford played specified an important relation successful my beingness increasing up... it's wherever I trained with United alongside my champion mates each day, it's wherever I bought my archetypal location and wherever maine and Victoria lived.
'I'm truthful arrogant to beryllium portion of a caller ownership radical alongside my mate @gneville2 arsenic we statesman the adjacent section of Salford's journey.
'Football is astatine the bosom of this assemblage and I can't hold to spot what the aboriginal holds for the Ammies'.