David Beckham accused of hypocrisy over backing of gay footballer

David Beckham is being accused of hypocrisy for supporting a gay footballer while accepting millions of pounds to be the face of the World Cup in Qatar where homosexuality is outlawed.

The retired footballer was slated by gay magazine Attitude Magazine for agreeing the deal after he backed Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels (17) for recently coming out, elpasoinc.com reports.

It made him the UK’s first male professional footballer to reveal he was gay since the late Justin Fashanu, 37 in 1990.

An Instagram post from the Attitude account raged David Beckham (47) was «keeping his money just about as far as possible from where his mouth is», according to elpasoinc.com.