David Beckham caned in Sir Alex Ferguson's new memoir ROY KEANE will have expected the attack. David Beckham will feel like he has been ambushed, mugged and beaten up. Sir Alex Ferguson's withering criticism of the former England captain is one of the most startling passages of a memoir that shows the Manchester United manager never thought his most formidable opponents were Barcelona or Chelsea, but those players - such as Keane, Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney - who dared to challenge his authority from within Old Trafford.