By Paul Gardner
 
When David Beckham was flying high with Manchester United 10 years ago, he presented his admirers with something of a problem. Even they couldrecognize that he was far from being the best player in the world, he wasn’t that fast, his heading and tackling were nothing to write home about and he couldn’t dribble worth a damneither.

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