Los Angeles: David Beckham hopes to continue playing until the age of 40 and he weighs up next step in his career.
The former England captain is weighing up where to continue his remarkable career when the US Major League Soccer season ends on November 20.
Beckham said he was seriously considering staying with Los Angeles Galaxy but that if he did move, he would insist that any club he joins gives him a regular starting place so he can realise his ambition of leading the British team to gold in next year’s Olympics.
Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City are among the clubs who have shown interest in the 36 year-old, but Beckham revealed there have been several other enquiries.
“I have had a lot of offers and I must say that I’m amazed that, at my age, I have had so many. It has been a bit of a surprise,” he said.
What has occurred to Beckham, however, is that by staying at LA Galaxy he can significantly extend a playing career that began with a substitute’s appearance for Manchester United in a League Cup game with Brighton in 1992.
Almost exactly 19 years later he ran the show for LA Galaxy on Sunday night as they beat Chivas USA 1-0 to finish their regular season unbeaten at home. Afterwards he acknowledged the Galaxy fans on a lap of honour, but even if he does leave the club next month, it is unlikely to have been final appearance at their Home Depot Center ground; Galaxy will have home advantage in the play-offs.
Beckham said: “I have to see how my body feels once the play-offs are over, but I love it here and there is a real chance I will stay, especially if my family are happy.”
A number of Premier League clubs are among Beckham’s suitors but it seems increasingly unlikely he will return to England.
He has previously expressed how difficult he would find it to play against Manchester United and also knows that the demands of the English game may now be physically beyond him.
“So whoever I sign for, to make sure I would be ready to make that attempt, I would have to be playing regularly.”
