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David Beckham has revealed how Sir Alex Ferguson took his favourite shirt number off him over the phone while he was away on holiday.<\/p>\n

Beckham is synonymous with the number seven shirt at Manchester United, with him one of the icons of the club to have worn the number. But Beckham at first wasn\u2019t happy with how he came to wear the number thanks to a classic Sir Alex ploy. <\/p>\n

Beckham appeared on ClassicFootballShirts where the Treble winner was taken through the archives of all the different shirts and seasons throughout his illustrious career. Upon reaching the United home shirt from the 1996\/97 season, Beckham revealed his love for the number that would later be taken off of him. <\/p>\n

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Speaking about wearing the No.10 for the one and only season at United, where he netted double figures in all competitions and lifted the title, as settled squad numbers became customary in the Premier League, he said: \u201cIt was amazing because one of the players I always looked up to was Mark Hughes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for me to wear number 10 was very special and I remember being on holiday in Malta and my phone ringing. And we (United) just signed Teddy Sheringham and it was \u2018Hi, it\u2019s the boss\u2019, and I was like okay boss, this is something different. He said: \u2018We\u2019re signing Teddy Sheringham, we\u2019re taking the number 10.\u2019<\/p>\n

What do you make of David Beckham\u2019s comments? Let us know in the comments section.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd I was like \u2018no boss, I had a great season in this number 10\u2019. (Fergie replied) \u2018Nope, doesn\u2019t matter, see you in a few weeks, David\u2019, and that was it, the number 10 got taken off of me in one of the best seasons I\u2019d ever had.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when I arrived back to training and the boss says \u2018By the way, you\u2019ve got number seven\u2019, and I was like (breathes sigh of relief).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beckham became United\u2019s new number seven following Eric Cantona\u2019s retirement and would wear the number made famous by the likes of George Best and Bryan Robson before him until he joined Real Madrid in 2003 \u2013 seeing Cristiano Ronaldo take the number as he successor.<\/p>\n

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