David Beckham has revealed that ‘he always knew he was going to be’ with his wife Victoria, even before they first met
He said this as the ‘power’ couple prepare to celebrate 25 years of their marriage on July 4.
Ahead of the occasion, the footballer has reflected on the moment he first laid eyes on the Spice Girl.
DAVID MADE A CONFESSION
David, 49, told The Sun that he first saw Victoria, 50, in a Spice Girls music video, and told his Manchester United teammate Gary Neville that he was going to ‘be with her.’
He said: ‘I always said that once I met Victoria, I would always be with her.
‘A couple of months before we met I was abroad with the England team. Gary Neville and I were in the hotel room and a Spice Girls video came on.
‘I think it was Say You’ll Be There. I pointed at the screen and told him, ‘That’s the girl for me and I’m going to get her.
‘It was her eyes, her face. She’s my idea of perfection.’
VICTORIA HAD WANTED HIM TOO
Victoria shared similar insight, saying: ‘I fancied David long before we met.
‘I remember doing an interview for a soccer magazine and they showed me photos of different footballers.
‘I had no idea who he was, but I just remember thinking one word: Gorgeous.’
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THE FIRST TIME THEY MET
David and Victoria first met in 1997, when she came to watch him at a Manchester United football match and he said ‘hi from across the room’.
Victoria recalled the meeting in a letter for her 18-year-old self in Vogue, writing: ‘While the other football players stand at the bar drinking with their mates, you will see David standing aside with his family.
‘(He’s not even in the first team at this stage—you are the famous one.) And he has such a cute smile. You, too, are close to your family, and you will think how similar he feels to you.’
