Beckham: Chelsea surpassed Real Madrid as Europe's glamour club

Real Madrid ace David Beckham believes Chelsea are now Europe's new glamour club.

He said: "Seeing the way Chelsea beat Barcelona and the way they've been performing all season, they have to be major contenders to win the Champions League this season."

"They're the new Galacticos because of the way they've been playing. They have the money of Roman Abramovich to keep taking them on as a club."

"They also have a new young manager and no one has seen anything like him before."

"Mourinho has got the confidence and the arrogance to keep the pressure off his players and you have to respect him for that."

"Chelsea have a very good mixture of excellent young English players and talented foreigners who have come in and performed right from the off."

"People thought it would take quite a while for all their new signings to gel. But they've won trophies straight away."