Get Beck! Macca blasts Team GB 'idiots' after David Beckham left out of footie side

Snubbed ... hero David Beckham

SIR Paul McCartney has branded Team GB football chiefs “idiots” for leaving David Beckham out of our Olympic team.

The ex-Beatle, 70, who will sing at the Games’ opening ceremony, spoke out amid last-gasp calls for Becks - who has been snubbed by Team GB soccer boss Stuart Pearce - to be picked.

Beatles legend Macca blasted: “He’s a national hero. I would’ve thought Beckham would be first choice because of his huge contribution to getting the Olympics.

"But some idiot decided otherwise.

“I feel a bit sorry for the three over-23s because we’re going to be looking at them and saying, ‘That should’ve been Beckham.’

"He’s a national hero, a crowd-puller.”

LA Galaxy star Becks, who played a vital role in Lord Coe’s team that won the Games for Britain, was desperate to skipper Team GB.

But amid last-ditch pleas for him to be picked, he revealed last night he would play only a “small part” in Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony in Stratford, East London.

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