David Beckham to bring MLS football club to Miami
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 05, 2014, 23:08
Beckham spoke to reporters alongside MLS commissioner Don Garber, who said Beckham and the league would work with Miami Dade county to build a world class stadium for the club.
"I wanted to create a team where we can start from scratch," Beckham said, explaining his decision to bring the expanding league`s 22nd soccer club to Florida.
"I know there was a team here 10 years ago that unfortunately folded, but I know that Miami is ready for football again," he said. "I wanted to create a team that would be very personal to me.
"We`re planning to bring a team that will be a global team," he said, arguing that in the past 10 years American soccer has made huge progress as both a sport and a business.
Beckham thanked Garber and Miami Dade`s Mayor Carlos Gimenez, and said he would not seek public funding for the team`s stadium, having raised money from private partners.
He said one of his partners would be British pop music and television impresario Simon Fuller, who managed Beckham`s wife Victoria when she sang with the Spice Girls.
AFP ------------------------ ZEENEWS.com
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