贝克汉姆宣布将在本赛季结束后退役

Former England captain David Beckham will retire at the end of this season, completeing a career which transcended football with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity. The 38-year-old, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with French club Paris Saint-Germain, has two more matches left.

"I think over the years when I’ve seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say you’ll know when you’re ready, and I think I know when I’m ready. You know, I think I’m ready. Obviously, it’s a difficult decision because I still feel that I can play at the top level and still have done for the last six months, but I always secretly said to myself that I want to go out at the top, and if you had said to me eight months ago that I’d be winning the French league, winning the French Cup, winning the league, and finishing like this, you know, I would have probably said ’absolutely no chance,’ but I was given the opportunity to come to PSG and I just feel now is the time. you’re leaving as a champion and I think that’s why I think it’s the right time. Of course it hurts when people not question it but think about other things and to come to the end of my career and look back and say I’ve achieved everything with every club that I’ve played for, played for my country 115 times, been runner-up twice world player of the year to amazing footballers, I’m very proud of that," David Beckham said.