David Beckham’s moving tribute to Bobby Charlton: ‘I owe everything to him’

David Beckham pays tribute to Bobby Charlton: 'I owe everything to Sir Bobby'BBC Sport

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00:00 It means so much in so many different ways.

00:02 The fact that my dad named me after Sir Bobby, the fact that my dad used to sit me down almost

00:08 every day and we used to watch old United games and he used to say, "Watch everything

00:13 that Sir Bobby does."

00:15 To look back all those years ago and to say Sir Bobby was one of the reasons, one of the

00:21 main reasons why I was able to join Manchester United because after being at East Soccer

00:26 School and then him actually passing the word on to the club about maybe you should look

00:32 out for me.

00:34 I owe everything to Sir Bobby because if not maybe I wouldn't have had the chance of living

00:39 my dream of playing for the club that I'd supported so many years and the club that

00:43 my dad supported.

00:45 So me and my dad have a lot to thank Sir Bobby for.