LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has dismissed suggestions he is set to join an A-League side.
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has dismissed suggestions he is set to join an A-League side.
Football Federation Australia claimed on Friday that Beckham’s management approached them about possibly playing in Australia during the MLS off-season.
However, a spokesperson for the former England captain denied those reports on television, and Beckham rubbished the reports in a press conference after training on Friday in the United States.
“No. Definitely not true,” he told reporters at the Home Depot Center.
“Bruce (Galaxy coach Bruce Arena) told me that this morning – the first I’d heard about it. Like I said that’s the first I’d heard of that, this morning.”
Arena, who was present at the press conference, jokingly added: “We’ve booked his tickets already.”
LA Galaxy take on the Seattle Sounders in the second leg of the Western Conference final on Sunday.