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Beckham Insists Neville's Miami Hiring Was on Merit, Not Due to Friendship

David Beckham bristled when asked whether Phil Neville’s was hired as Inter Miami coach because they’re buddies.

“Of course, people are always going to turn around and say, oh, it’s because he’s your friend. It’s nothing to do with him being my friend,” Beckham said Friday. “Our ownership group don’t just employ our friends. We employ the best people, whether it’s on the field, off the field, in our backroom staff, the staff that we have work in our training facility, at the stadium.

“We are running a serious soccer club here. And I think at the end of the day, we hire people that we feel are best suited for the job.