David Beckham, pictured bringing the Olympic torch to Britain from Greece this year, has revealed he is 'very disappointed' to have been left out of the Team GB 2012 football squad
A Twitter storm has erupted following David Beckham's exclusion from the London 2012 Great Britain football squad.
Footballers and celebrities have rushed to defend the former England captain on what has become the darkest day of his illustrious career.
Star striker and now BBC presenter Gary Lineker said it was 'terrible' Becks had been excluded 'having given so much' for British football and London 2012, adding he thought Team GB manager Stuart Pearce had been stringing him along.
Others including Gavin and Stacey star James Corden, a close friend of Becks, and Boyzone singer Ronan Keating, branded the snub 'disrespectful' to 'one of the greatest ambassadors for the game'.
Disappointment: Last month Becks lit the flame seven years after he fought so hard with others to bring the Olympics to London
England's record joint top scorer Gary Lineker tweeted: 'Terrible shame for Beckham having given so much to the Olympic bid and football.
'Never thought for a second that David Beckham would be excluded from GB’s team. What I don’t understand is stringing him along by including him in a short list?'
Despite his age, 37-year-old Beckham had hoped his efforts to bring the Games to his native east London would get him into manager Stuart Pearce's side. But is dream has been cruelly taken away.
And there has been huge uproar since it was announced today.
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