Gary Lineker hits out at Piers Morgan over David Beckham swipe from Super Bowl

The pair continued their cheeky back and forth argument swung back and forth, as Piers insisted that Gunners hero Freddie Ljungberg was in a “different league” to Beckham.

However, Gary responded by defiantly listing some of Beckham’s achievements, as he penned: “6 Premier Leagues, 2 FA Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 La Liga, 1 Ligue 1. Ballon d’Or runner up. 115 caps for England, 59 as captain. One of the best crossers of the ball the game has ever seen. Yeah, overrated.”

Piers was unimpressed, adding: “Take away the crossing & free-kicks [and] he was a fame-hungry snail with dumb haircuts who only won that much because of the truly great players around him.”

Their cheeky Twitter spat didn’t end there when Gary referenced one of Piers’ famous interviewees, Cristiano Ronaldo.

source: express.co.uk