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Beckham - Qatar

Has reportedly signed a 150m ten year deal to become an ambassador for Qatar and promote tourism to the country. As part of the deal he will become the 'face' of the 2022 World Cup.

Naturally he's going to get a lot of stick over this, especially from human rights campaigners. Absolutely crazy money though and i'd guess the kind of money that even a multi-millionaire can't turn down.
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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    edited October 2021
    Mental amounts of money. Doubt he even made close to that much throughout his entire time as a footballer. 

    Recently it was reported that John Terry and Michael Owen had been flown out to Qatar as part of a FIFA conference of some sorts, in order to get their ‘consultation’ on the 2 year World Cup idea.

    Quite obvious they had no interest in the players’ opinion, but just want to get them on board to endorse the idea
  • Saulc23
    Saulc23 Posts: 685
    No need for him to worry about his Tan fading for the next 10 years too. Got to have been a factor in the deal.
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    It doesn't even feel like Beckham is English anymore to me. To be fair, he's always struggled to master the language ;-)
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,330
    There's a vanishingly minuscule number of people who would turn that gig down
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    I follow Maserati on Facebook. He seems to have become linked with them too, featuring in photoshoots for the various vehicles. He must be really racking it in. (A lot of comments on  F'book saying he does not have sufficient gravitas to be brand ambassador.)

    May be an image of 1 person standing car and road
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    He is also the face of Tudor watches - or he was anyway, not sure if he still is.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,219
    Should help bail out his wife's fashion business.
  • Kips
    Kips Posts: 689
    Oh well Dave that's your knighthood even further down the swanny.
  • He was over here last week doing the tour of stadiums and landmarks, but they are playing it down a bit saying the tabloids are inflating the value of the deal. I know he has a good relationship with the Qatari owner of PSG and reckon they see it as good PR for the upcoming 12 months and beyond.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,725
    Bloke always seemed keener on being a celeb than anything else. Guess he's getting to live that life.

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  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    Has reportedly signed a 150m ten year deal to become an ambassador for Qatar and promote tourism to the country. As part of the deal he will become the 'face' of the 2022 World Cup.

    Naturally he's going to get a lot of stick over this, especially from human rights campaigners. Absolutely crazy money though and i'd guess the kind of money that even a multi-millionaire can't turn down.

    This is a huge relief for me.  I have been worrying constantly about who would be chosen as the 'face' of the 2022 World Cup.

    Beckham is a great choice and follows in the illustrious footsteps of previous 'faces' ... Pickles the dog in 1966, the diamond bracelet in 1970 etc etc.
  • The guy will put his face to pretty much anything for a few quid. Most of his social media posts are a paid partnership with some company or another
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,219
    He's just a media whore.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,590
    Pity he didn’t use his media presence to put the message of how shameful it is they’ve been awarded the WC. It’s a lot of money but he’s not exactly skint is he?
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,000
    The guy will put his face to pretty much anything for a few quid. Most of his social media posts are a paid partnership with some company or another
    And has made an absolute fortune in doing so. This particular issue is probably a step too far given the humanitarian issues but in general terms I'm not going to condemn the guy for maximising his value and making money off it. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    cafcfan said:
    I follow Maserati on Facebook. He seems to have become linked with them too, featuring in photoshoots for the various vehicles. He must be really racking it in. (A lot of comments on  F'book saying he does not have sufficient gravitas to be brand ambassador.)

    May be an image of 1 person standing car and road
    Never trust a man in white shoes.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,833
    iaitch said:
    He's just a media whore.
    he is just using his fame from football to make a living
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    MrOneLung said:
    iaitch said:
    He's just a media whore.
    he is just using his fame from football to make a living
    Yes. Just a east end kid who made the most of his world class football talent.

    Good luck to him.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    edited October 2021
    bobmunro said:
    MrOneLung said:
    iaitch said:
    He's just a media whore.
    he is just using his fame from football to make a living
    Yes. Just a east end kid who made the most of his world class football talent.

    Good luck to him.
    Exactly.

    As if anyone would give a fuck about a Knighthood when £150m is shown in your face. That’ll make a massive increase to his net worth.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,864
    He's already loaded and would have everything he already wants.

    He might end up being a great grandad one day. Keep passing the cash down...

    Or, might be interested in making a very serious investment and might buy an English football club....

    Or, give a lot of it to a charity that's personal to him

    Or, go to space with other rich celebs and invest in space x 

    Or, spend a few weeks in Amsterdam when posh spice is busy 

    Or, get himself a f*cking season ticket down the valley and enjoy the rock and a roll of a late play off push!


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  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Dave Rudd said:
    Has reportedly signed a 150m ten year deal to become an ambassador for Qatar and promote tourism to the country. As part of the deal he will become the 'face' of the 2022 World Cup.

    Naturally he's going to get a lot of stick over this, especially from human rights campaigners. Absolutely crazy money though and i'd guess the kind of money that even a multi-millionaire can't turn down.

    This is a huge relief for me.  I have been worrying constantly about who would be chosen as the 'face' of the 2022 World Cup.

    Beckham is a great choice and follows in the illustrious footsteps of previous 'faces' ... Pickles the dog in 1966, the diamond bracelet in 1970 etc etc.
    Have you changed your name from hoof it up to Benty?
  • Pity he didn’t use his media presence to put the message of how shameful it is they’ve been awarded the WC. It’s a lot of money but he’s not exactly skint is he?
    He's not but even so, 150m to do a few photoshoots, a couple of tv ads and sun yourself in Qatar a couple of times a year. Who would seriously turn that down?
  • cafctom said:
    Mental amounts of money. Doubt he even made close to that much throughout his entire time as a footballer. 

    Recently it was reported that John Terry and Michael Owen had been flown out to Qatar as part of a FIFA conference of some sorts, in order to get their ‘consultation’ on the 2 year World Cup idea.

    Quite obvious they had no interest in the players’ opinion, but just want to get them on board to endorse the idea
    Probably not. Over 10 years they're paying him 288k a week. There will be plenty of premier league players at clubs like City and Chelsea not even earning close to that. Mo Salah isn't even on that at Liverpool.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    I’m probably the last person to be giving fashion advice, but what are those trousers about?!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,616
    Stig said:
    cafcfan said:
    I follow Maserati on Facebook. He seems to have become linked with them too, featuring in photoshoots for the various vehicles. He must be really racking it in. (A lot of comments on  F'book saying he does not have sufficient gravitas to be brand ambassador.)

    May be an image of 1 person standing car and road
    Never trust a man in white shoes.
    Especially when wearing brown trousers....
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Stig said:
    cafcfan said:
    I follow Maserati on Facebook. He seems to have become linked with them too, featuring in photoshoots for the various vehicles. He must be really racking it in. (A lot of comments on  F'book saying he does not have sufficient gravitas to be brand ambassador.)

    May be an image of 1 person standing car and road
    Never trust a man in white shoes.
    Especially when wearing brown trousers....
    But a pretty safe option I've always found! Certainly safer than brown shoes and white trousers!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    He could wear my old set of curtains and still look good
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Pity he didn’t use his media presence to put the message of how shameful it is they’ve been awarded the WC. It’s a lot of money but he’s not exactly skint is he?
    He's not but even so, 150m to do a few photoshoots, a couple of tv ads and sun yourself in Qatar a couple of times a year. Who would seriously turn that down?
    I'm not a keen flyer
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Stig said:
    cafcfan said:
    I follow Maserati on Facebook. He seems to have become linked with them too, featuring in photoshoots for the various vehicles. He must be really racking it in. (A lot of comments on  F'book saying he does not have sufficient gravitas to be brand ambassador.)

    May be an image of 1 person standing car and road
    Never trust a man in white shoes.
    Especially when wearing brown trousers....
    And tucking their jumper into their trousers.

  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    Just been on Amazon and ordered a white jumper, brown trousers and white shoes.

    Can’t wait for the weekend to show everyone my transformation.