Fergie: I told Beckham to move back to Europe

Sir Alex Ferguson insists there are no regrets about selling David Beckham to Real Madrid in 2003.

The Manchester United manager however, admits that Beckham’s return to Old Trafford with AC Milan will be like no other.

“No regrets. We move on,” he told Inside United.

“The only difference with David’s return to Manchester United compared with other players is that there will be a big media circus surrounding him when Milan arrive.

“He’s such a high-profile celebrity – not just a high-profile footballer – and we haven’t really seen anybody else return to the club in that situation.

“Our job is to concentrate on the football match and let the David Beckham media circus carry on – we know we’re not going to stop it anyway.”

The relationship between the pair was fiery at times, with Ferguson famously known for kicking a football boot at Beckham, causing a cut above his eye. but that’s all in the past now and it’s Ferguson that advised Beckham to move to Europe to regain his England place for the World Cup.

“I think I told him myself last year when I saw him before our game against Inter that he should be thinking about getting back to Europe if he wanted to go to the World Cup,” said Ferguson.

“And it looks like he might just get his wish now. He had a good spell with Milan last time, so it made sense to me to see him back there again.”

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