Former Coventry City winger Chris Birchall has been talking about his friendship with David Beckham.
Birchall (pictured above) who helped City win the Birmingham Senior Cup in 2007, has been playing for MLS side LA Galxay for a couple of seasons and the former Trinidad & Tobago international has been speaking to BBC Radio Stoke about his friendship with the footballing super star.
"Understandably it probably takes David a bit of time to trust people and open up to people," Birchall said to BBC Radio Stoke.
"We're the only English guys in the team so sometimes we say stuff that only us two will get. "I think he's getting to the stage where he's opening up, he can trust me and that's great because he's a great guy.
"For how famous he is and how much money he's got, he's really down to earth and it's a pleasure to play with him.
"When we're on away trips, it's a circus. He can't go anywhere and he can't have his own privacy.
"You can tell when he's chilled out and when no one's hassling him, he can really open up and have a laugh.
"On the other hand, you feel sorry for him because everywhere he goes, people are hassling him. "I don't really know how he does it every day but he's obviously learned to."
To hear the interview, please click on http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9445213.stm
Speaking about moving to LA whom he joined after spells at Brighton and Carlisle, Birchall said: "It was difficult because it's the other side of the world and I didn't know anything about LA. "I had to find accommodation and it took me a good three months to get my fitness as well.
"It's changed a bit, new faces have come in but there's great camaraderie and great banter in the dressing room."
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