New Delhi: David Beckham has spoken about his excitement ahead of his former club's Champions League tie with Inter this week.
Beckham attended Manchester United's training session in Milan at the San Siro earlier, ahead of their Champions League match-up with Inter on Tuesday 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," said Beckham.
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."
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