Showing posts with label 2012 Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Olympics. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2012

David Beckham wants to captain

David Beckham Clubs:

Manchester United 1992 to 2003

Preston (loan) 1995

Real Madrid 2003 to 2007

LA Galaxy 2007

AC Milan (loan) 2009 & 2010

David Beckham has revealed his desire to captain the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics and he signed a new contract with LA Galaxy earlier this week and part of the deal was that the MLS side will allow him to play in the London Games in the would love to be captain, in the 36-year-old said, have led my country before and know how special it would be to lead them into the Olympics to have had conversations with coach Stuart Pearce, but not been selected.

He was a key member of the bid team that helped London secure the Games in Singapore in 2005 to he is one of 184 players contacted by the Football Association to have indicated their availability for the Olympic football team would love to be part of Team GB," he said, before thanking Tim Leiweke, president of LA Galaxy owners AEG, and Galaxy coach Bruce Arena for agreeing to give him time away from the MLS.

They are speaking to Google, Beckham also said he hopes he can keep playing professional football beyond the end of his new LA Galaxy contract in 2014 and the former England captain to turns 37 in May, signed a two-year extension with the MLS side on Wednesday to think people expected me to either move away or retire at the end of my old LA deal," admitted Beckham.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

David Beckham Says 'Will Know When To Quit' Football & Beckham Flattered By Interest From Premier League And PSG.

David Beckham says he can still perform at the highest level and that he will know when it is time to quit football and los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham, 36, also restated his aim to represent the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics for the "People have been saying, i am too old for the last 10 or 15 years and I've still continued to play for my country," he told BBC Sport.

Right now, I feel fit and still love playing, so I'm not finishing yet and he said he was "flattered" by reports linking him to top European clubs but that he was focused on helping LA Galaxy attain success in Major League Soccer in paris Saint-Germain are said to be keen to sign Beckham, who told BBC sport editor David Bond that "certain clubs in the Premiership" have also shown an interest.

And the Beckham, whose five-year deal with Galaxy runs out in the next few weeks, said: "At 36-years-old, to still have that interest in me is an honour, I'm very flattered and right now I'm a Galaxy player and I will continue to be a Galaxy player until we win the league the MLS Cup and then we'll see for the i haven't even sat down and thought about what my options are yet.

Beckham also says he might be interested in buying a team in the United States when he gives the game up and he added: "I have the option and it's something I probably will do a obviously I have to wait until I finish playing and i want to be part of something that is going to grow and I believe that this sport is going to grow.
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