David Beckham operated on the wrist 22 years after the injury: “unbearable pain”

David Beckham was hospitalized after being Struck by a pain that he called “unbearable”. The news was given by his wife Victoria, who shared a photo of the former 50 -year -old footballer on Instagram, smiling but with the arm immobilized in a blue band, lying on a hospital bed. Next to the image, an affectionate message: “Put again soon, dad”.

The reason for hospitalization? A surgery to repair an old wrist accident that dates back to over twenty years ago. A source told the Mailonline (who reported the news) that Beckham had reported A fracture on the wrist during a friendly of the English national team against South Africaheld in Durban in May 2003. Since then, despite the apparent healing, The pain had never completely abandoned him.

Recent checks have revealed that a screw, inserted at the time to stabilize the articulation, had never dissolved as expectedbeing stuck and causing a progressive worsening. Hence the decision to undergo the intervention, after the pain had become unsustainable.

In a second shot shared by Victoria, you can see Beckham with a bracelet with the writing: “You heal soon”.

David’s hospital stay arrives in a delicate moment for the Beckham family, struggling with A much more complex fracture: the one with the eldest son Brooklyn, 26 years. Although the eldest son did not participate At the three events with which David Beckham celebrated his fiftieth birthdayHowever, he made a relaxing gesture on the occasion of his grandmother Sandra’s birthday, David’s mother.

On Instagram, Brooklyn shared a childhood photo with her, accompanied by the dedication: “Happy birthday grandmother, I love you so much”. A gesture that seems to suggest that even the relationships with the father are tense, not all family connections have not been cut.

David Beckham also paid homage to his mother with an affectionate post: «Happy birthday mom, We love you so well. I hope you spend a beautiful day. Thanks for always being present for all of us. I love you”. In the roundup of images, from his childhood to the present day, he tagged all family members, including Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and his sister Joanne. To his daughter Harper, 13 years old, too young to have a social profile, he dedicated a hashtag.

The distance between Brooklyn and the rest of the Beckham family seems to exacerbate since the young man lives in the United States with his wife, the actress Nicola Peltz30 years old. According to some sources, the very close link between the two spouses would be one of the main causes of disagreements. “Brooklyn would do anything for Nicola,” said a couple’s friend. “And that’s what weighed in breakage with the family.”