David Beckham’s Premier League Goalscoring Surpassed by $18,000,000 Star, Days After Lionel Messi Equalled Inter Miami Owner’s Free Kick Record

Lionel Messi’s free-kick goal in the World Cup qualifiers broke a David Beckham record. Messi‘s spectacular free-kick against Ecuador marked the 65th free-kick goal of his career equaling David Beckham’s career record. Another Premier League record of the former England international, quite interestingly, was broken by a player who also once played for Manchester United.

Manchester United is on a poor run of form. The Red Devils have lost 3 of their opening five fixtures. Erik Ten Hag, manager of the Mancunian club, blamed the loss on squad fitness and injury woes.

Danny Welbeck breaks David Beckham’s Premier League record

Brighton, who have been flying under new manager Roberto De Zerbi, ran riot at Old Trafford last night, winning 3-1, with Danny Welbeck stinging his former club to open the scoring for the away side. Welbeck, a former Manchester United player, who currently plays for Brighton Hove and Albion has overtaken David Beckham’s goal tally in the Premier League. The United icon scored 62 goals in the 265 appearances for the Manchester outfit, winning 6 league titles in the process.

Danny Welbeck has overtaken Becks and has scored a total of 63 goals in the Premier League. The record-breaker against United came in the 20th minute, with Simon Adingra providing the assist for the goal. Danny Welbeck joined Brighton from Watford in 2020 and has made 84 appearances. The $18 million forward is a former Arsenal player and has made 88 appearances for the Gunners.

In what seems to be a renaissance under De Zerbi, Brighton qualified for the Europa League last year securing the 7th position. The club also cashed in big in the summer, with Moises Caicedo making his way to Chelsea for a record-breaking $139 million.

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Manchester United is knee-deep in controversies. Most recently, among them, is the Jadon Sancho fiasco. After Ten Hag’s last defeat against Arsenal, he fired a few remarks at Sancho.

Things are bubbling in the Manchester camp

Erik Ten Hag blamed the loss against Arsenal on VAR while also pointing out Jadon Sancho’s underwhelming fitness level in training. Sancho then took to social media to hit back at the remarks made by his gaffer. In an Instagram post, Sancho wrote, “Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that are completely untrue. I have conducted myself in the training very well this week. I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!”

Ten Hag dropped Sancho from the first-team squad as he wasn’t even on the bench for the Brighton match. Manchester United published a statement on their official website regarding the situation. The statement clarified that Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training program away from the first-team group, pending resolution of a squad discipline issue.

Manchester United face Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stage, as they will look to kickstart their European campaign on a strong foot.

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