In Beckham , out September 19 on Netflix, we learn that Ted Beckham, David’s father, gave him an explosive cocktail: Guinness and a raw egg. And this from a very young age.
If after watching the series Beckham , the ex-football player has no more secrets for us, one discovery particularly caught our attention. It’s about Guinness and egg whites, mixed and… delivered to the young Englishman from early childhood.
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Questionable English gastronomy
The series released on Netflix on September 19 was an opportunity to discover the behind-the-scenes life of David Beckham. From his relationship with Spice Girl Victoria Adams to his success on the ball, including the excessive media coverage and his taste in fashion, everything has been said. But that’s without counting a few words from Ted Beckham, the father and his son’s first coach, who were always behind him to push and encourage him.
In the documents, in particular, we learn that the patriarch was so fond of football that he dreamed of his son becoming a football star, but he failed. Even doing its best to compensate for his stunted growth. “I must say that I found him a little small,” he says, clarifying that he then decided to drink a strange cocktail for his son. “We started giving him Guinness and raw eggs,” he explains, looking mischievous. A cocktail that, viewed from France, might not sound very appealing, especially to a ten-year-old, but which is quite popular across the channel. Don’t they say “Guinness and eggs keep the doctor away”? For father Beckham, this diet only made David better. “I must admit that he was doing it again. [des buts spectaculaires, NDLR] every week”, justifies the 75-year-old man, who today would undoubtedly say that you can’t make an omelette without breaking an egg.
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Source: Le Figaro
