Archive: Sir Alex Ferguson and David Beckham boot row

Watch a BBC News report from February 2003 following the dressing room row between Sir Alex Ferguson and David Beckham, during which Ferguson kicked a boot at the midfielder.

The confrontation came after an FA Cup fifth-round tie against Arsenal at Old Trafford which Manchester United lost 2-0. , external

Beckham joined Real Madrid later that year, and Ferguson discusses the decision to sell the former England captain in his autobiography.

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