For sure, he must have found it irksome to see the fate that befell Rangers after his talents were considered inadequate for a club with European issues.
He is one of the league's brightest young talents and was NFL offensive rookie of the year last season.
A growing number of studies certainly show they're convinced that it's their inbred talents that make them wealthy and successful – and that if the rest of us don't share their status, it's simply because we don't share their traits.
Beckford's hope now is that having become only the third player to score a hat-trick in a play-off final, following on from Clive Mendonca of Charlton and Swansea City's Scott Sinclair, a wider audience will be reminded of his talents.
Sadly, because he has been one of the game's outstanding talents, but fittingly too, he ended his last World Cup final with a yellow card for one last argument, this on behalf of Dezotti whose dismissal for grabbing Kohler round the neck three minutes from the end and wrestling him to the ground was a bit hard.
For Carlos Bilardo, the Argentina manager, the moment was a culmination of three and a half years' patient rebuilding of their squad in which his prime task was to marry the outstanding talents of Maradona with the newer players coming through.
To add salt to the wound of those who felt this was wasted cash, despite Sheffield producing many sporting talents in this period (including Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis), Don Valley Stadium, where Ennis trained, finally closed in September 2013 due to extreme financial pressures, and has since been demolished.
When they take to the stage that evening, to a politely rapturous crowd, there is already a sense of absence – a space where the very particular talents of Ferrer, González, Segundo, Cachaíto and the others once stood.
It is sad that he never recaptured the political heights despite bursts of brilliance, and never found a new political role big enough for his talents.
"He was a mythical figure in my childhood... and his many musical scores, essays and patents in addition to his prolific artistic output attest to his many talents," she said.
Nicola is considering alternative career choices that suit different talents.
