Beckham: I can't do Brooklyn's sums

David Beckham is not renowned for his brains - but now he has admitted he can't even do his six-year-old son's maths homework.

The England captain said he was 'totally baffled' when Brooklyn asked for help.

The 30-year-old said: 'Their homework is so hard these days. It's totally done differently to what I was teached [sic] when I was at school. And you know, I was like, "Oh my God, I can't do this".'

Beckham told the Mail on Sunday's Live magazine how he asked his wife Victoria to help Brooklyn instead.

Brooklyn, the Beckhams' eldest child, is a pupil at a £1,200-a-term British school in Madrid which uses the national curriculum.

So the kind of tough questions set in Brooklyn's homework might include: Subtract 11 from 50, or How much change would you have from 50p after buying a 24p pencil and a 7p eraser?

Beckham's lack of numeracy comes as little surprise to close observers of his career and Posh and Becks jokes about his alleged dimwittedness are legion.

The Real Madrid midfielder also admitted he avoids repeating 'lucky' routines before a match in case they leave him confused.