-David Beckham right here!
[ Cheers and applause ]
The new owner --
The new owner and presiden
of soccer operations
of the Inter Miami CF.
This is a major deal.
-Yeah.
You know, I'm very proud o
being an owner of my own team.
You know,
I'm from the East End of London,
so to say that I've had
the career that I've had,
obviously playing for some
of the teams I've played for
and now being an owner of a team
here in the U.S.,
it's really exciting.
-It's really cool.
-Yeah.
-Did you ever think as a playe
that you would ever be an owner?
-No, never.
You know,
I loved playing the game.
But to be honest,
I never really wanted
to go into being a manager
or really a coach.
So obviously, to have the
opportunity to be an owner
especially
in a city like Miami --
You know,
Miami's an incredible city
-Oh, it's so much fun.
[ Cheers ]
-I mean, they're always
having fun in Miami.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Apparently.
-Yeah, oh, everywhere.
Even if you go to Starbuck
at 6:00 in the morning, there'
a conga line going in there.
[ Laughter ]
It's so fun.
There's rumors out there
that you were trying to ge
Messi and Ronaldo
to come play for --
-Yeah.
-Is that true?
-Well, you know what?
We've -- We've got great
opportunities down in Miami,
and we've been contacted
by a lot of different player
with possibly
coming to join the team.
You know, as any owner, yo
really want the best players
And if we have the opportunity
to bring in players
like Cristiano or Lio Messi --
You know,
I've got such admiration
for both of them as athletes
If we could bring
those players in, then great
But at the moment, you know, w
have a great roster of players
young players, a couple of
experienced players, as well
But a lot of young players
that are just ready to play.
And one of the things I always
learned from Sir Alex Ferguson
who I used to play for
at Manchester United,
he'd turn around to me,
and he said,
"Whoever you bring in, you know,
they have to be
the right fit for the club."
It's not about bringing
the biggest name
or the biggest personality
or biggest player.
It's all about the player
that will fit in best
with the players, and,
you know, that's what we'll do
But like I said, you know,
as an owner,
if you want to bring
these players in,
then we have
a great opportunity.
-Now, do you have a --
Is there a stadium yet?
-We have a stadium.
We have a training facilit
down in Ft. Lauderdale.
So, that's exciting.
You know, we only broke ground
on the stadium,
our facility, 10 months ago.
So there's a lot been done
in 10 months,
which is incredible,
because it took seven year
to get to this point.
-Seven years?
-I announced it --
Seven years ago, I retired
And then, two days after that,
I flew to Miami,
announced that we were
doing the team in Miami,
and I thought, "Two years,
we'll be up and running.
I'll have a team."
Fast-forward seven years,
we're there.
-Yeah, like eight LEGOs,
done, completely.
[ Laughter ]
You're like, "All right."
Your wife's like,
"Get something going, honey.
Uh, let's go."
Yeah.
And your first match
is this weekend?
-First match is this weekend
in L.A. against LAFC.
-Oh, I know LAFC.
-Yeah.
-You know why? One of the owners
of that is Will Ferrell.
-Yeah, Will.
Will's a great guy.
I love watching him
in the stands because
he's obviously very funny,
but he's so animated with,
you know, the support
that he gives to his team.
And I love -- I love that.
And, hopefully, I'll be
bumping into him this weeken
because there will be
a bit of banter, I'm sure.
-Oh, my gosh.
That would be fantastic.
Well, I want to say good luck,
and come back.
-Thank you.
-And, yeah.
Maybe I'll go to Miami.
I'll check out a match.
-You should, you should.
-That'd be fantastic.
-You're more than welcome.
-Thank you, brother.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-David Beckham.
