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- Irish Daily Mirror
'I congratulated David Beckham on knighthood - I'm not sure about his reply'
Sky Sports presenter Alex Aljoe playfully suggested she's sceptical about David Beckham's claim that he recalls their interview from his time at Real Madrid.
Aljoe, who's covering the Club World Cup for DAZN, bumped into Beckham during the tournament's opening match. And she shared an amusing anecdote about their encounter on The Rest Is Football with Micah Richards, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.
The tale of Beckham's supposed sharp memory quickly descended into hilarity, as Richards joked that the football legend was "definitely lying". The well-known Sky Sports journalist recounted her experience at the inaugural game, where she reminisced with Beckham about an old encounter from his days in Madrid.
Aljoe said: "Well, that opening game was amazing, they had an opening ceremony as well. [There were] fireworks, French Montana performing... then the players came out one by one, Beckham was there. Sorry, Sir David Beckham was there.
"I congratulated him on his knighthood and asked if he remembered me from years ago, when I interviewed him at Real Madrid. He said, 'Yes', but the jury's out on that one."
Richards couldn't help but reply: "He was lying. He was lying, he was definitely lying," before Lineker added with a touch of hilarity: "Knights don't lie, Alex. Knights of the realm do not lie!"
Richards then cheekily offered to get in touch with the Manchester United icon for Aljoe, prompting Shearer to burst into laughter as he teased: "Listen to him, 'I can text him for you', what a k*** you are!"
It comes after Beckham was honoured with a knighthood in King Charles' Birthday Honours, describing the accolade as a "truly humbling and emotional moment. "The 50-year-old said: "Growing up in east London with parents and grandparents who were so patriotic and proud to be British, I never could have imagined I would receive such a truly humbling honour.
"To have played for and captained my country was the greatest privilege of my career, and literally a boyhood dream come true." He added: "I'm so lucky to be able to do the work that I do, and I'm grateful to be recognised for work that gives me so much fulfilment."
Beckham's current focus is on his team Inter Miami, which faces a challenging match against Porto on Thursday evening, while Madrid gear up for their tournament opener against Al-Hilal on Wednesday night at 8pm.
