Beckham, who was speaking ahead of England's friendly with Uruguay, did pledge his future to 'the meringues' but paid hommage to Perez, who was responsible for bringing players like himself Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo to the club.

"No not at all," Beckham said in response to a question about if it would affect his future at Madrid.

"It was a surprise, I only heard late last night.

"I would like to thank Florentino for having given me the chance to play for such a great club.

"He's very intelligent. I have only good memories. He has to be congratulated on bringing such great players to the club.

"Obviously I don't know what is going to happen.

"However the club has already said they want me to stay. I am happy there and would like to stay there," added Beckham, who has had an up and down career with Madrid since he left Manchester United.

Perez resigned after an extraordinary meeting of the board on Monday which confirmed Perez would go and that Fernando Martin, a club vice-president, would take over the hot seat.