New Netflix documentary helped Beckham 'heal' from United exit

David Beckham says making his Netflix documentary helped him reflect on his Manchester United exit in 2003.

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00:00 How have I healed from it? I suppose doing this documentary was part of that process.

00:07 I'd never really sat down and talked about it in such detail. Obviously my family and

00:14 friends knew what I went through, personally and professionally, but sitting down and going

00:21 through it in detail and looking at the archive and looking at stuff that I'd probably never

00:25 seen before, that was quite difficult. And then realising how difficult it was at the

00:30 time, on the pitch and off the pitch. So yeah, it was a really difficult time, but I suppose

00:36 this is all part of the healing process.

00:39 I think more than anything it was a fact of our friendship. Obviously we were all like

00:44 brothers at Manchester United, but David obviously was my best friend and it was special to be

00:48 part of a team with my own brother and obviously David. We were playing for the club we loved,

00:54 we were playing in a city that we loved and we obviously won a lot of trophies, so it

00:58 was an amazing time and I feel very privileged to have been part of his career.