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The broadcaster and ex-Three Lions star squared off over the legacy of another icon, whose reputation as a modern great has been well-honed.

David Beckham proved the flashpoint for a Twitter spat between Gary Lineker and Piers Morgan this week, after the latter claimed the ex-England international was the "most overrated player in history".

The former Manchester United midfielder, who retired in 2013, won league titles in four different countries and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Three Lions players of all-time.

Yet his achievements count for nothing according to divisive broadcaster Morgan, whose reductive claims about the ex-Real Madrid and LA Galaxy star stoked a passionate defence from another England stalwart in the shape of Lineker, with whom he shares an apparent love-hate relationship.