Beckham felt 'set up for the chop'

England captain David Beckham was continuing his Spanish footballing renaissance as more revelations over the star’s relationship with his former manager were published today.

Beckham’s footballing fairy tale with Real Madrid continued last night as he scored after two minutes of his Primera Liga debut.

The £25m (€36m) midfielder helped his side clinch a 2-1 home win over Real Betis, thrilling thousands of fans in the Bernabeu stadium.

Meanwhile the News of the World was printing excerpts from Beckham’s autobiography, My Side, which chronicles rows between himself and Alex Ferguson.

It revealed how Ferguson was angry with Beckham for going to Buckingham Palace with the England team while he was injured.

Recalling his manager’s reaction, Beckham said: “What the gaffer said next I’ll never forget: ‘When I saw you turn up there [Buckingham Palace], I questioned your loyalty to Manchester United’.”

Beckham said the encounter left him humiliated and believing he was being “set up for the chop”.

Another clash occurred when Beckham turned up late for training because his son, Brooklyn, was unwell in February, 2000.

He became embroiled in a row with his manager in front of the squad and then confronted Ferguson later in his office.

Beckham said: “The boss thought differently: ‘Your responsibilities are here at the club, not at home with your son’.”

The England star said he “flipped” when his former boss further accused him of babysitting Brooklyn while his wife was out “gallivanting”.

Beckham further recalled an incident where Ferguson allegedly accused him of being in Barcelona when he had actually been shopping in Manchester’s Trafford Centre.

The Real Madrid star also claimed that he missed Brooklyn’s first Nativity play in the early part of the year due to the demands of the fiery Scot.

Describing that time, Beckham said: “They were the worst three months I’d ever had at Old Trafford.”

Beckham had always been expected to finish his career at Manchester United after helping the club secure a host of major trophies.

But, after being dropped for key games in his last season with the club, the blond-haired midfielder decided to move on.

In an interview with the Sun, Beckham said the problems at Manchester United made him consider quitting football for good.

Ferguson has long had a reputation for turfing out players who he believed no longer fitted into the team’s requirements.

Midfielder Paul Ince was sold despite being a hero among the fans but the Scotsman paradoxically stayed loyal to French bad-boy Eric Cantona.