Beckham blasted by pretender to Real throne

Potential Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Sobrino has launched a second, altogether more vicious attack on David Beckham.

The Madrid lawyer last week claimed the England skipper and former Manchester United midfielder may be sold if he is successful in his bid to win control of the Spanish giants.

Now Sobrino has gone as far as to accuse Beckham of damaging “the image of the club” following alleged revelations about his private life.

Sobrino is quoted in The Sun as saying: “Beckham is a great player but all this stuff about him as a celebrity is overshadowing him as a footballer.

“The dressing room has suffered as a result of all the scandal about Beckham.

“There is too much written about players’ wives and their lovers and this is very damaging to the image of the club.

“In my plan if I became president, as I have said a number of times, I would listen to offers for David Beckham.

“Too many of the stars of Real Madrid are appearing in the news for all the wrong reasons. All this stuff about Beckham and parties is something people here don’t like.

“It has caused a bad atmosphere around the dressing room, as demonstrated by recent defeats.

“We want our players to be stars for footballing reasons, and only for footballing reasons. There isn’t the level of discipline amongst the stars that the fans want.”

Sobrino, 35, even issues an open invitation to Chelsea supremo Roman Abramovich to express an interest in signing Beckham.

“I know that Abramovich is interested and it wouldn’t be inconvenient for us to listen to his offer,” added Sobrino.

“I don’t know him and I haven’t met him. But I would like to get in touch with him further down the line. I would love to speak to him.”

Sobrino added that coach Carlos Queiroz would be another likely departure if he takes over, and he all but ruled out a move for Ruud van Nistelrooy, Thierry Henry or Ronaldinho.