Pirates await Beckham’s number

Pirates await Beckham's number - CNN, June 25, 2003
An amusing CNN piece is showing on TV now (no web link?) about vendors creating knockoff Beckham shirts along the roadside and the moves to flood the market with new Beckham shirts as soon as his Real Madrid number is revealed. Market stalls strain under the weight of pirated goods... 9 out of 10 football jerseys in Thailand are fake.