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Romeo Beckham, son of former England captain and soccer icon David Beckham, has joined Premier League Brentford’s B crew for the remainder of the season on a mortgage deal from MLS NEXT Professional membership Inter Miami CF II.
The 20-year-old midfielder will be a part of his new teammates in Brentford’s reserve crew, enjoying within the Premier League Cup and abroad matches.
“I’m very proud and really blissful to be right here,” Beckham informed Brentford’s official web site.
“I got here right here firstly to maintain match through the off season. The possibility then got here to come back on mortgage right here and I’ve by no means been so excited.”
Beckham made 20 appearances for Inter Miami II final season, enjoying within the MLS NEXT Professional league, and contributed 10 assists – essentially the most within the league – in addition to two targets.
In July, he was an alternative to Inter Miami, which is co-owned by his father David, in a pleasant in opposition to La Liga aspect Barcelona.
“It was a enjoyable season [in the USA] and there have been lots of ups and downs however I’m excited to come back right here and see what I can do,” he added.
“I like how we’ve got the chance to play at totally different ranges, each overseas and right here.”
In the meantime, Beckham’s household congratulated him on social media.
“Thrilling begin to the yr. Now the laborious work & enjoyable begins. Happy with you mate,” David Beckham posted on his Instagram story alongside a photograph of him and Romeo holding a Brentford jersey exterior the membership’s coaching facility.
Enjoying below Brentford B head coach Neil MacFarlane and assistant coach Sam Saunders, Beckham says that he hopes to proceed his footballing improvement, studying from the gamers round him and enjoying in opposition to males’s groups abroad.
“We go throughout to play some males’s groups and it’s expertise,” Beckham added. “[I want] to get the expertise to play in opposition to males and get bodily stronger and we’ll see how that may progress me.”
