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"Piers Morgan and One Direction engaged in a Twitter fight after they differed in opinions over David Beckham.  The debate began when Morgan tweeted to his followers that David Beckham should retire from football.   [One Direction performing on Children in Need] Morgan said: &amp;quot;No serious top-flight team would sign Beckham for football reasons any more \u00E2\u20AC\u201C he should retire gracefully.&amp;quot; Harry Styles responded: &amp;quot;Beckham is my hero.&amp;quot; Morgan quickly replied: &amp;quot;Is that because he always runs in one direction?&amp;quot; Louis Tomlinson then joined in the row: &amp;quot;I LOVE David Beckham!&amp;quot;  Morgan tweeted back: &amp;quot;Well sign him up for the group - bet he sings better than he plays now.&amp;quot;  He then added: &amp;quot;Can&amp;#039;t believe I&amp;#039;m currently being sledged about Beckham by TWO members of One Direction. Boy-band types clearly stick together.&amp;quot;  Styles went to Simon Cowell for help next: &amp;quot;Hiiii @SimonCowell can you tell @piersmorgan to leave us alone please? He&amp;#039;s being nasty.&amp;quot; Morgan tweeted to the boys: &amp;quot;Now got roughly 25 million One Directioners abusing me - many thanks @Harry_Styles @Real_Liam_Payne @Louis_Tomlinson.&amp;quot; In retaliation, the boyband tried to get the hashtag #PiersMorganIsSmelly trending worldwide. Morgan attempted to settle the debate: &amp;quot;So, #PiersMorganIsSmelly is now trending worldwide, is it? Right, @Harry_Styles @Real_Liam_Payne @Louis_Tomlinson - this is WAR. &amp;quot;Let&amp;#039;s settle this on my CNN show when you come to New York - if you&amp;#039;re brave enough.&amp;quot; Liam Payne replied: &amp;quot;No hard feelings stinky.&amp;quot; One Direction are currently riding at the top of the American Billboard 200 chart with their album Take Me Home.  Photo gallery - One Direction Take Me Home covers:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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