David Beckham attended Manchester United's training session in
Milan the San Siro earlier, ahead of their Champions League
match-up with Inter tomorrow night, and spoke about the massive
sense of anticipation he is feeling prior to the tie, even though
he is not playing.
"I can't wait," the England midfielder told Manchester
United's official website. "I haven't been to many United games
since I left so as soon as this match was announced I looked to see
if I was still going to be in Milan when it would be played.
"I'm so excited about it, but it's also a great opportunity to
see the likes of Rio [Ferdinand], Wazza [Wayne Rooney] and, of
course, Giggsy [Ryan Giggs] and Scholesy [Paul Scholes] who I
haven't seen for a while.
It's a match between two of the biggest clubs in the world and
two great teams who are both in top form, so it's got the makings
of a fantastic game. Both managers are so experienced so
technically and tactically I'm sure it'll be a very tight
contest."
The iconic midfielder went on to reiterate his undying loyalty
as a supporter of Manchester United, and expressed hopes that they
could go on and capture a historic 'quadruple' of trophies.
"Oh yes, I've been a United fan all and always will be," he
continued. "I've still got friends in the team who I played with at
Old Trafford and still play with for England. So I always follow
how they're doing.
"I really hope they'll win every one of them. It would be amazing
if they could. It was a fantastic achievement when we won the
Treble in '99 and for them to be involved in four competitions this
season is brilliant - as a player there's nothing better than that.
Hopefully they can do it."
As for the key to beating Inter, Beckham felt that it might well
be to stop their deadly front two of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
Adriano from performing at their best.
"Inter have got top players throughout their team, but, yes, the
two forwards are the players who can cause the most problems,"
Beckham explained.
"But United have got great defenders and don't forget, Inter
will also be worried about the players United have got in
attack."
With all the talk of 'quadruples' and 'domestic clean sweeps'
that's currently doing the rounds, Beckham also felt that the
current United team was every beat as good as the one with which he
won a famous 'treble' in 1999.
"Yes definitely," he affirmed. "It's so strong all the way
through from the goalkeeper to the strikers. It's an amazing squad
of players and I'm sure they'll go on to achieve great things."
