David Beckham Announces Retirement

Cometh the Hour, Cometh Milan
And perhaps those cynics had reasons to be smug, after Beckham moved on loan to Italian side AC Milan a couple of years later. As he was back in favor for the England team, it was felt that Beckham needed to be playing in the more competitive European leagues if he was going to fulfill his dream of making a fourth World Cup in South Africa in 2010.

• David Beckham's England Career Is Over