David Beckham NFL Bound? Football Team Wants Soccer Star for Kicker
Reports indicate that an unnamed NFL team has reached out to recently retired soccer player David Beckham to see if he would be interested in becoming a placekicker.
The report, published in the British publication The Mirror, stated that the NFL team was interested in Beckham becomign a kicker, but also understood the amount of publicity this development could have.
Beckham recently retired and a spokesperson for the international sports icon said that the timing was not right.
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"The offer came in and he politely said that it wasn't right for him. Perhaps in the next few months he could change his mind," according to The Mirror.
Beckham ended his career on May 26 and the football star thanked his fans for their support.
"It's a good way to go out," he said in Paris. "It's every athlete's dream, every footballer's dream to go out on the top- on top form or winning a trophy ... leaving as a champion."
The 38-year-old athlete started his career with Manchester United, then went to Real Madrid before coming to the U.S. to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy and finally ending off with a championship for Paris Saint-Germain.
''I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level," Beckham told The Associated Press.
He has won a championship with every team he's played for, and holds the English record for making 115 appearances for their national team.
"If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over one hundred times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy,'' Beckham told Sports Illustrated. "I'm fortunate to have realized those dreams.''
