I hate that people don't talk about my Man United career - but now I get to work with Lionel Messi

Former Manchester United star David Beckham has admitted he finds it disappointing that more is made of his celebrity status than of his football career.

Beckham, 49, was one of the finest players of his generation and spent 11 years as a first-team player at United, winning 12 major trophies, including six Premier League titles.

As well as representing United for more than a decade, he also spent four years at Real Madrid and earned 115 caps for England.

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However, Beckham believes his football career is secondary to his celebrity profile, which is something that stems from his relationship with wife of 25 years Victoria.

Beckham, appearing on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, said: "I can't lie, it does hurt a little bit. Because over the years, it's probably been talked about more than often, about obviously that side of things for me.

"But I suppose it was always gonna be mentioned at some point because obviously, I had obviously the career that I had had, but then I had something outside of my football as well that wasn't as important as the football, but now it's what I do.

"So I knew that at some point when I finished playing, I was gonna move into the business side of things and the things that I did during my career would help that side of my business, and it has. So I'm very lucky, but obviously, I'd rather people turn around and say that he was a great player, or a great person, or won what I'd won.

"But I think people are still starting to talk more like that. I think the documentary that I did obviously recently, I think reminded people