Ex-Three Lions coach Sven-Göran Eriksson has claimed that Victoria Beckham once blocked her husband David signing to Leicester football club.
Talking on the Sacked in the Morning podcast, Swedish manager Sven, 74, said the move didn't seem to fit in with her image.
He said: 'I asked him [Beckham] at a football event, and he was there with his wife. Before dinner we stood talking to each other.
'I was at Leicester at the time, so I said to him: "When your contract finishes in the United States, why don’t you come back to England, sign for Leicester and take us up to the Premier League?"
'He said: "Maybe, yeah," because he doesn’t want to say no. Then Victoria says: "Sven, can you see me in Leicester?"
'I said: "Well, maybe not."'
'David laughed and said: "When we lived in Madrid, it was not posh enough for my wife."
'Finished discussion about Leicester.'
Former Manchester United icon David, 47, is now back in America having become a co-owner of MLS expansion franchise Inter Miami.
His son, Romeo, 20, plays for the team.
David came under fire this month after gushing about Qatar in a glossy new video to promote the despotic Middle Eastern country, calling it 'perfection' - even though it remains illegal to be gay and women still need permission to study or marry in the Gulf state - ahead of the World Cup this winter.
In a video set against the backdrop of the capital city Doha, the former England captain - a Unicef ambassador who says that he identifies as a feminist - calls Qatar an 'incredible place to spend a few days' as he unveils his £10million deal to be the face of the Islamic nation.
In a voiceover to the video, the father of four tells viewers that he cannot wait to bring his children to the country, adding: 'Qatar really is an incredible place to spend a few days on a stopover. The modern and traditional fuse create something really special.
'It's one of the best spice markets that I have ever been to. This will go down as one of my favourite mornings. This is perfection, I cannot wait to bring my children back.'
Until now, Beckham has not acknowledged the controversial £10million contract to be the face of the World Cup and the Gulf state, where gay people are persecuted and misogyny is rife.
It is still illegal for people to be gay there and women face discrimination from a male guardianship system that forces them to seek approval to marry, study or travel.
More than 6,500 migrant workers have died there while building the infrastructure for the tournament, the Guardian, citing official figures, has reported.
The video has now sparked a public backlash, with Twitter users blasting his decision to promote 'backward' Qatar and accusing 'unprincipled' Beckham of 'selling his soul' and 'doing it for the money'.
Domestic abuse campaigner David Challen thundered: 'Sportswashing is inherently wrong. Those who promote nations with horrific human rights records actively silence those who are discriminated against, harmed and killed, all for more money.
'Why does @UNICEF continue to support David Beckham making millions from promoting Qatar??'.
Another person shared a series of images under the caption 'A tale of David Beckham's life lasting 7 short years, and £10 million quid' which showed Beckham promoting LGBT rights on his Instagram page, a screengrab of a Wikipedia entry about gay and women's rights in Qatar - then news of Beckham's £10million deal with the despotism.
The former footballer insists that his involvement with Qatar provides the opportunity to bring about change from within and to 'use football as a force for good'.