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Sh5 billion: David Beckham earns more from FIFA 21 than he did playing football

By Mirror | 5yrs ago
David Beckham attends a City of Miami Commissioners meeting where he and his partners presented plans of building a Major League Soccer stadium on public land in Miami, Florida. (Photo by RHONA WISE / AFP)

David Beckham is earning more playing in a football computer game than he did kicking a ball for real.

The retired star has won a £40million (Kenya Shillings 5 billion) three-year deal to appear in the FIFA 21 game on PlayStation and XBox.

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