David Beckham hopes he can keep playing professional football beyond the end of his new Los Angeles Galaxy contract in 2014.
The former England captain, who turns 37 in May, signed a two-year extension with the MLS side last week. “I still feel young and I will continue to play as long as I can. I love it,” he said. “I enjoy training, I enjoy games, I enjoy being part of a team. My new contract will take me up to almost 39 and then we will see.”
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid player turned down the chance to move to French side Paris Saint-Germain to continue his career in the United States.
But he could yet be reunited with manager Carlo Ancelotti and sporting director Leonardo, whom he spent time working with during two loan spells with AC Milan.
The pair have since been appointed by Saint-Germain as part of the major investment in the club by Qatari backers who took a controlling stake in May.
Beckham said that as well as interest from PSG, “one or two” unnamed Premier League clubs had offered him the chance to return to the Premier League for the first time since his final competitive game for Manchester United in May 2003.
“I think people expected me to either move away or retire at the end of my old LA deal,” admitted Beckham. He is one of 184 players to have indicated their availability for Great Britain’s Olympic team, an event he helped London win the right to host in Singapore in 2005.
“I would love to be part of Team GB,” he added. “It is great that we have president of LA Galaxy owners AEG Tim Leiweke and Galaxy coach Bruce Arena on board, in the event that I will be away over that time.
“I have had conversations with Team GB coach Stuart Pearce, but I have not even been selected yet. I would love to be captain. I have led my country before and know how special it would be to lead them into the Olympics.”
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