He also revealed that he had returned to one of the Portuguese capital’s most famous barber shops, saying on Instagram: “Always nice to be back at Figaro’s with Fábio...And to be in the country of the European champions...”

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Back in 2015, when Beckham had been in Lisbon to shoot a television commercial, he said that “Figaro’s was possibly the best barber shop ever.”