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Becks on Jose, Pep and the title
- Updated: July 21, 2016
Former Manchester United and England captain David Beckham has been giving us his thoughts on last season’s remarkable Premier League title race, as well as looking forward to the new campaign.
Beckham, who stars in a brand new advertisement to promote the Premier League on Sky Sports, says he “has never experienced a season like last season” when Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City won the title.
In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports, Beckham – who won six Premier League titles during his time at Old Trafford – says he cannot wait for the new top-flight campaign to get underway.
In particular, it is the arrival of so many new big-name managers that most excites Beckham, especially both Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola in Manchester.
So to find out who Beckham thinks will win the Premier League, whether Mourinho will be a success at United and if Leicester can challenge once again, read on…
Just how extraordinary was last season?
BECKHAM: I do not think anyone has experienced a season like last season. In my time playing in the Premier League and the game, there are always shock defeats and wins in single games, but to have it over a season….
And it got to the end where nobody was surprised that Leicester were going to be champions because they were the best team throughout the season.
I think a lot of people expected them to trip up at some point and it just was not happening. Every game that was going past people were saying: ‘This is probably the game they are going to slip up on’ and they didn’t.
Full credit to Ranieri and the players, they stuck together and it has really showed how the unity of a team can take you so far. But obviously they have a lot of talent as well, so it is not just about the togetherness of a team like Leicester, they actually play well together, have a lot of talented players in their team, so they deserved it.
But of course, Leicester City champions, considering where they were the season before, it was a shock, but they deserved it.
Could there be more surprises again this season?
BECKHAM: I am not so sure that …
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