No socks and STILL no soccer as Beckham is booed by fans

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In what is possibly the footballing equivalent of using a husky voice to call in sick to the office, he left off his socks to show the world why he was on the bench - again.

A bandage strapped around the nagging injury on his left ankle was clearly visible beneath the designer trousers.

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Sitting it out: David Beckham on the bench yesterday

Having missed four games, Beckham has played only 16 minutes of football for Galaxy - and that was in a friendly - since he joined last month.

Yesterday's away match would have been his Major League Soccer debut against Toronto FC.

Booing fans made their feelings clear about his absence last night - and may now be wondering whether Becks will ever prove to be worth his £125million price tag.

Toronto taunts: a Canadian fan, right, summarises Beckham's Galaxy career so far