Ricky Gervais has confirmed that The Beckhams will not be appearing in any new episodes of his hit comedy TV show, Extras.

The comedian claimed that because Sacha Baron Cohen has already worked with them during an Ali G sketch for Comic Relief he wouldn’t want to use them also.

“The Beckhams would be huge and we could do loads with them but I think Ali G got in first,” he told The Sun.

“At risk of sounding like an egomaniac, working with the Beckhams would only interest me if it was my idea. It wouldn’t feel particularly exclusive.

“They are great but there is not a magazine that you open up and they’ve not been in.”