Editing David Beckham (section)

====2001–2002: Contract extension====
On 10 April 2002, Beckham was injured during a Champions League match against [[Deportivo de La Coruña]], breaking the second [[Metatarsus|metatarsal]] bone in his left foot.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/04/10/manutd_depor/ |title=Man Utd beats Deportivo 3–2 to make semifinals |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023152955/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/04/10/manutd_depor/ |archivedate=23 October 2012 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=10 April 2002 }}</ref> There was speculation in the British media that the injury might have been caused deliberately, as the player who had injured Beckham was Argentine [[Aldo Duscher]], and [[England national football team|England]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] were due to meet in that year's World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Did 'hatchet man' target Beckham? |website=ESPN Soccernet |date=2 April 2002 |url=http://www.soccernet.com/championsleague/news/2002/0402/20020411featwright.html |access-date=7 October 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716052613/http://www.soccernet.com/championsleague/news/2002/0402/20020411featwright.html |archive-date=16 July 2006}}</ref> The injury prevented Beckham from playing for United for the rest of the season and they missed out on the Premier League title to Arsenal (also being knocked out of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] by [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]), but he signed a three-year contract in May, following months of negotiations with the club, mostly concerning extra payments for his image rights. The income from his new contract, and his many endorsement deals, made him the highest-paid player in the world at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beckham signs new contract |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/england/newsid_1976000/1976699.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=12 May 2002 |access-date=7 October 2005 |archive-date=19 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719030325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/england/newsid_1976000/1976699.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite the season being curtailed with injury, 2001–02 was one of Beckham's best seasons as a United player; he scored 16 goals in all competitions, the best of his career.<ref name="PL stats"/>