David Beckham has suffered from a mild form of asthma since childhood, the England midfielder’s spokesman Simon Oliveira has revealed. The 34-year-old was photographed on Sunday using an inhaler during LA Galaxy’s 5-4 defeat on penalties by Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer’s championship game in Seattle. “David has suffered with this since he was a young boy, but it has obviously had no effect on his performance,” Oliveira said. David Beckham to take painkillers “He has never sought to make it public but if it does inspire any sufferer to think they can achieve great things like many other sportsmen have done then so much the better.” Beckham played extra time with Galaxy for the second time in two weeks on Sunday and was coughing badly after the game having struggled with a cold in the build-up to the MLS final. He had painkilling injections before the match to cope with a bruised right ankle and limped through extra-time with Galaxy having used all three substitutes. Beckham scored his penalty but Salt Lake won the shoot-out after a 1-1 draw following extra time. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United midfielder will rejoin AC Milan on loan in January as he bids to make England’s World Cup squad for next year’s finals in South Africa.