Gary Neville has revealed that David Beckham is setting him up with a tattoo artist to fulfil one of the entries on his bucket list after turning 50.
Neville hit the milestone on February 18, becoming one of the first players from the legendary Class of 92 from Manchester United to turn 50. Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, the former defender explained that he has a bucket list of experiences he wants to tick off in the coming years.
They include going to Australia to watch the Ashes, visiting Munich for Oktoberfest, Canada for snowbiking and Scotland to travel around the North Coast 500 route in a campervan. But Neville also explained that he has been considering getting a first tattoo – and that Beckham had offered to help.
“I think Becks is getting me the tattoo for my birthday because he’s a specialist in tattoos,” Neville told Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jill Scott. “You go and meet the guy and see. I don’t know whether to get some writing or like a devil and a lion, a United, England thing.”
Scott suggested getting the faces of the Stick to Football crew on his back before Wright showed Neville a devil tattoo he has on his arm to try and persuade him to get something different. Beckham is famously covered with tattoos and Neville may well take some advice from his former United and England team-mate before going ahead with it.
Beckham, who himself will turn 50 on May 2, sent Neville a video message, which was played out on the podcast. “Happy 50th birthday,” he said. “I can’t believe you’re 50 now – we all thought you were 50 at 17 years old with the cars you drove and the clothes you wore.
“But all joking aside mate, have the best time. I really can’t believe we’re all turning 50, but I’m sending lots of love and we’ll have a nice glass of wine to celebrate. Happy birthday mate and enjoy it!”
Neville said he didn’t feel his age, partly because his hectic work schedule keeps him busy. “I get up at 5am every day and I’m in the gym for 6am, back home for 7am spending an hour getting ready and seeing the kids, then I’m in the office at 8am,” he said.
Asked how it felt to be 50, he replied: “You think it’s old. The scary thing is when you retire and see people you used to play with that are 50, and think, ‘No, that’s not right’. I don’t feel 50 though, I don’t know what 50 feels like, but I don’t feel it.”
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