Brentford B have announced the signing of Romeo Beckham from Inter Miami on a one-year deal following an impressive loan spell.
The 20-year-old son of David Beckham – who is co-owner of Inter Miami – spent the second half of last season on loan with Brentford’s B side but has now put pen to paper on a permanent contract, with the option of a further year.
Beckham helped the Bees lift the Premier League Cup last season and featured 15 times, scoring a late goal against National League side Wealdstone in the Middlesex Senior Cup.
Romeo Beckham has joined on a permanent contract from Inter Miami
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Eric Abidal has followed former France team-mates Samir Nasri and Franck Ribery in announcing his retirement from international football.
The defender, who left Ligue 1 side Monaco to join Greek outfit Olympiacos last month, was left out of France s World Cup squad and has brought his 10-year international career to an end at the age of 34.
Abidal, who underwent a liver transplant in 2012 following the discovery of a tumour in 2011, featured in three major tournaments for his country and played in the 2006 World Cup final defeat against Italy.
However, following his omission from the squad for the 2014 tournament, Abidal feels the time is right to call time on his Les Bleus career.
It is time to close this door, Abidal told Catalan radio station RAC1.
Striker Mario Balotelli feels Group D rivals England will be no match for Italy at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
The Milan striker could lead the line for Cesare Prandelli s side when the nations meet in Manaus on June 14 for their World Cup opener.
In what will be Balotelli s first outing at the tournament, he dismissed any chance of England winning the competition or posing a threat to Italy.
The former Manchester City man believes that Italy have more experience among their squad and the capability to spring a surprise in South America.
I don t look at England as a team that can win the World Cup, The Daily Mail quotes him as saying.
They have some good players, but they are no real rivals for Italy.
I am not saying that Italy are favou…
Cristiano Ronaldo has proven himself the man for the big occasion this season and could decide the Champions League final, former striker Ivan Zamorano has said.
The Portugal star has scored 16 goals – including a hat-trick in the quarter-final against Wolfsburg and goals in each leg of the last-16 tie with Roma during Real Madrid s run to the final this term, putting him one shy of his own scoring record in a single season, set in their victorious 2013-14 campaign.
And Zamorano, who won La Liga and the Copa del Rey in a four-year spell at the Santiago Bernabeu, expects Ronaldo – scorer of the winner in the 2-1 Clasico defeat of Barcelona in April – to be the decisive player in next week s final versus Atletico Madrid.
He will be the man in charge of makin…
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has hinted that Peter Crouch could sign a new contract at the Britannia Stadium,.
The 33 year old scored his first Premier League goal of the season in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Queens Park Rangers, while he also provided the assist for Mame Biram Diouff’s eleventh minute opener in the same game.
Crouch moved to Stoke in the summer of 2011, and has since made over a hundred league appearances for the club, something he has not achieved at any of the other clubs he has represented so far in his career.
QPR boss Harry Redknapp, who targeted signing the striker during the summer, has suggested that he may again move for him in January though Hughes is set to offer him the opportunity to remain with the Potters.
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