I want the lot: Beckham
England captain David Beckham wants to emulate his 1999 treble-winning heroics with Manchester United by helping new club Real Madrid to a clean sweep of silverware this season.
England captain David Beckham wants to emulate his 1999 treble-winning heroics with Manchester United by helping new club Real Madrid to a clean sweep of silverware this season.
Beckham, speaking in Hong Kong on the latest leg of the Spanish giants' tour of Asia, said he was targeting a hat-trick of league, cup and Champions League with Real.
"Every one of them," Beckham replied when asked Thursday which competition he wanted most of all.
"Obviously people go on about the Champions League being the biggest and I'm sure it is. But every other trophy is important and I wouldn't want to pick one of them -- I'd just pick all of them."
Beckham is revered in Asia and has been the centre of attention throughout Real's four-match tour, which has included fixtures in Beijing and Tokyo as well as Friday's match in Hong Kong.
But while his iconic status may have shunted more illustrious players such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and Luis Figo out of the limelight, Beckham insisted he didn't mind the attention.
Asked if he sometimes found the cult of personality surrounding him too much, Beckham was adamant that it went with the territory.
"No, it's something we're all used to and I've had it for quite a while now," said Beckham.
"It's something that's there and is always going to be there. I haven't got a problem with it, and I'm sure there's a lot of nice people out there -- you have to enjoy it."