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Lawphin
Jordan is by far and away better known then Beckham ever will be.
Beckham is in the top 5 "names" in football at the moment , you could argue for him being the best known but you have to say he is on a par with Ronaldinho , Ronaldo , Shevchenko and possibly Kaka. But there are loads of players whose names trip of the tongue of anyone who knows anything about football.
He is also nowhere near the likes of Pele , Maradona , Cruyff , Best etc. These guys will be legends forever , can you say that about Beckham ? Dont think so.
This was totally not the point.
For the 1,000,000,000th time: We all know that all those mentioned players are better soccer players than Beckham and those legends were better than Beckham could ever have dreamed of.
But the two best players in the world: Kaka, and Dinho are still nowhere nearly as recognizable as Beckham worldwide. He has this fame about him that's inexplicable. Even his good looks, gorgeous wife, and the fact that he played on ManU, which at the time was amongst the most powerful clubs in Europe both off the field econimically and on the field (winning the treble in '99) can't explain his popularity level.
And ckb: There's no doubting that Jordan is huge world-wide and maybe huge in China. But that quote conveniantly said: The most famous American in China is Michael Jordan.
Beckham is Beckham. Love him or hate him, deserving or not, he is the most famous athlete in the world