Piers Morgan Says David Beckham Was The 'Most Overrated Player In History', Gary Lineker Wasn't Having Any Of It

The 56-year-old TV personality wrote: "Great to watch a Beckham who can actually play football..." - a response that certainly got people talking social media.

Based on the replies to Lineker's post, there has been a mixed response to the argument.

One Twitter user wrote: "Not as good as he's made out to be, good player though but his legend is based on his celebrity status rather than his actual football."

Another commented: "David Beckham could not dribble but more than made up for it with is fitness, passing, crossing, positioning and shooting. He was an intelligent player who did not take or head but rarely lost possession or turned the ball over."

Morgan, meanwhile, was quick to respond to Lineker's opinion. "You might want to suck up to him, for whatever reason, but Beckham was the most overrated player in history," he said. "Wouldn't have got onto the Arsenal Invincibles bench."

"6 Premier Leagues, 2 FA Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 La Liga, 1 Ligue 1. Balón d’Or runner up. 115 caps for England, 59 as captain," the Match of the Day presenter noted.

"One of the best crossers of the ball the game has ever seen. Yeah, overrated."

Oh, there is more. Morgan snapped back with another controversial claim. "Take away the crossing & free-kicks, he was a fame-hungry snail with dumb haircuts who only won that much because of the truly great players around him."

Lineker then compared that statement to the goalscoring ability of Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Take away the crossing and free kicks?" he wrote. "That’s the equivalent of saying about Ronaldo 'Take away the goals'."

Morgan has yet to respond at the time of writing, but we will keep you updated as the day goes on. Blimey, this could be a long night.

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