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A hair clipper malfunction will have dashed any prospect of David Beckham entering the barbering industry. The England and Manchester United icon donned a wide variety of haircuts throughout his legendary football career, and this latest one may rank as his worst one yet. From blond locks to a mohawk, and buzz cuts to cornrows, Beckham became one of the most recognisable footballers ever with his styles. A short and smart look has been his go-to in recent years, and that was seemingly his aim during an attempted haircut this weekend. However, in a video posted on his Instagram, Beckham did not have a successful stint with his tools. "What have you done? " wife Victoria asked him, and the former midfielder said: "The thing of the clippers fell off my head, fell of my clippers. " "You were trying to give yourself a haircut, " Victoria added before her visibly dejected husband revealed the result. Once David removed his hand from his head, a noticeable patch of his hair was missing to the point of him being almost partly bald. Victoria began to laugh but was then told: "It's not funny. " "I mean, the hours of content that the kids have got from this, " she added. "It does not look good. "I'm going to always be honest with you, it looks terrible. " It means 'Golden Balls' had to follow suit with the length of hair around the rest of his head - somewhat saving the calamity. On a previous episode of Stick to Football, Beckham revealed how the mohawk cut left his legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson far from happy. Ferguson even called for drastic measures before a 2-0 Charity Shield defeat against Chelsea in 2000. "I took the hat off, and he looked at me and went, 'Go and shave it off', " Beckham said. "We were just about to go out for the warm-up. "So I had to then get a pair of clippers, go into the changing room at Wembley and shave it off. "I could understand that. .. Well, actually I can't. I went and shaved it off, because he wouldn't have played me. " If Beckham had as much success with the clippers as he did with free-kicks and crosses, he may have taken on a new profession. But judging by his latest attempt, it's unlikely we'll see 'Beckham the Barber' anytime soon. © 2025 talk SPORT Limited
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