David Beckham broke down in tears after phone call he never expected

Football icon David Beckham has broken down in tears when revealing the phone call he received during his darkest days.

David Beckham teared up after recalling a phone call he received from Sir Alex Ferguson in the darkest days of his football career.

The former Manchester United star became a national villain after his infamous red card for lashing out at Argentina’s Diego Simeone at the 1998 World Cup, The Sun reports.

In his tell-all documentary released this month, Beckham described that period as one of the most difficult in his career and admits he may not have got through it if not for the support from his club.

Former United boss Ferguson played a pivotal role and his support made Beckham tear up when recalling a phone call they had after the World Cup.

David Beckham was in tears. Photo: Netflix.

“The boss called me, he said ‘David how you doing?’ I think I got quite emotional,” Beckham said in the new documentary.

“He said ‘how you doing son?’, I said ‘Not great boss’. He said ‘okay, don’t worry about it son’.”

Ferguson was interviewed for the docuseries and shared his perspective on the incident.

He said: “I told him go on your holiday, come back here, we’ll look after you. Don’t read the papers, there’s no point to it. What you can do is ignore it.”

While Fergie showed support for Beckham after France ‘98, the documentary also details their famous falling out in 2003.

Player David Beckham given red card vs Argentina at World Cup.

Front page of London Sun newspaper with headline "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" after David Beckham was sent off in second round game of 1998 World Cup.

Tensions between the pair boiled over following an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal, leading Ferguson to kick a boot which hit Beckham in the face.

Beckham revealed he went for the Red Devils icon and admitted to swearing at the Scot.

It is just one of several surprise revelations mentioned in the new series with wife Victoria admitting she held resentment towards her husband after his alleged 2003 affair.

“It was the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life,” the Spice Girls member said in the new Netflix documentary Beckham, per The Sun.

A tabloid supernova. Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images.

The fashion designer — who wed the former athlete in July 1999 — admitted she “resented” David following the cheating allegations.

But she told producers that she “internalised” the trauma to support her husband’s soccer career, reports Page Six.

“It wasn’t that I felt unheard because I was always mindful of the focus that he needed,” she said.

In 2003, David moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid, while Victoria remained in the UK with their sons Brooklyn and Romeo.While the couple doesn’t name the women in the four-part docuseries, Rebecca Loos and Sarah Marbeck claimed they had an affair with the now-retired athlete at the time.

— This story originally appeared on thesun.co.uk and has been republished with permission