na-agafe n'okpuru wee zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe ọ gachara n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka akụkụ ahụ: N'agbata etiti ọnwa June, Manchester United gosipụtara mmasị na ire Beckham na Barcelona na klọb abụọ ahụ kwupụtara na ha ruru nkwekọrịta maka mbufe Beckham, mana kama ọ sonyeere ndị mmeri Spanish na-achị Real Madrid maka € 37 nde na nkwekọrịta afọ anọ. Beckham bụ mbinye aka kachasị ọhụrụ na oge Galacticos nke kpakpando ụwa nke onye isi oche klọb Florentino Pérez bịanyere aka na ya n'oge okpomọkụ ọ bụla. Akụkọ ahụ bịara dị ka ihe na-egbu mgbu nye onye isi oche ọhụrụ a họpụtara Barcelona bụ Joan Laporta, onye dabere na ọtụtụ mkpọsa onye isi ala ya na ịbanye Beckham. Ọ bụ ezie na ekwuputara na etiti ọnwa June, ebufe ahụ mechara na July 1, 2003, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye Bekee nke atọ na-egwu egwuregwu maka klọb ahụ, mgbe Laurie Cunning na Steve McManaman. Mgbe ihe ịga nke ọma na-aga nke ọma na July 2, a kpughere Beckham n'ihu ndị nta akụkọ 500
Michael Jọdan