David Beckham gives verdict on why England's 'Golden Generation' failed in fascinating interview

David Beckham has shared his verdict on why England’s ‘Golden Generation’ failed and it seems he has a rather different opinion on the matter to some of his former teammates.

In 2017 live on BT Sport, we witnessed A-grade television as Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand all spent 10 minutes dissecting just why that mighty England team didn’t win anything.

It’s a topic that every man and his dog had been debating across the nation for the past decade, and so to hear the reasoning from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, made for a fascinating watch.

According to the star’s, the England team couldn’t put aside their heated Premier League rivalries enough to allow them to bond and achieve success.

Ferdinand summed it up brilliantly: “It was down to the obsession with winning. I didn’t want to see Frank have an edge on me. I didn’t want to speak to him about anything he’d be able to take away to facilitate his team winning.

“When I was with England with Stevie, when we were battling for the Premier League, I didn’t want to sit around him and be around him because I just didn’t want to hear about what Liverpool were doing.”

A remarkable 10 minutes of TV from 3 of England’s ‘Golden Generation’ and the issues they faced in their time as Lions…fascinating TV… pic.twitter.com/ZYy6VB66A2

It makes a lot of sense when you watch back some of their disconnected performances on the pitch and it’s often joked that Gerrard and Lampard wouldn’t even pass to each other.

However, Beckham doesn’t agree.

Well, according to the global icon and Three Lions legend, that had absolutely no relevance to the matter and it was just a case of not being good enough.

Speaking on Gary Neville’s podcast and YouTube series, The Overlap,