Oh yeah, I remember a lot of people on here in 2010 were absolutely convinced he wasn't a legend for us - as I said, I'd disagree
Therein lies the problem. At any one point you will have tonnes of people on here who are wrong or, more to the point, have their own "confrontational keyboard warrior" agenda.
Back when Beckham was still with us there were a lot less trolls on here. It is fair to say some of us disliked the fanfare/spice boy stuff and didn't want that around the club/team.
Posh Spice wasn't very popular, she was to us what Raiola is to Pogba. Some may have gone as far as wanting him gone for it, quite a few saw it as a necessity post-boot incident, a fair few more reacted angrily to his insistence of only moving to Real. I doubt anyone in their right frame of mind will dispute him as a legend all these years later.
In fact, even leaving his football aside, it's clear the popularity and fanbase brought by all that media attention and poster boy nonsense has served the club extremely well over the long term.