Of the four children of the former glory of Manchester United, Romeo is the one who resembles him the most physically. This baby face and this piercing gaze earned him the start of a career in modeling at the age of ten in England. If he carries out campaigns for prestigious brands like Burberry and Yves Saint-Laurent, it is in football that Romeo Beckham hopes to win. He joined the Arsenal training center in 2014, through which his two brothers Brooklyn and Cruz also passed, before being released the following year. The teenager takes this failure and the constant media pressure around him badly. He walked away from football for the next four years, before returning to it in the United States in 2018 when his father launched his MLS franchise in Miami.
Early days at Fort Lauderdale FC
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In Florida, the second son of David Beckham sometimes trains with the first team. He finally obtained his first professional contract in September 2021 by signing at Fort Lauderdale FC, the reserve of Inter Miami which plays in USL League One, in the third American division. “He knows he still has a lot of progress to make, but he has all the intrinsic qualities to make a professional career: character, determination and a good heart.explained Phil Neville, the coach of Inter Miami, in a press conference after Romeo Beckham’s first match. The first thing David told me was to be even tougher with his son than with the other players (…) Romeo knows he’s going to have to fight even harder than anyone else to stay in the team because there will always be questions and expectations around his name.”
Teammate of Phil Neville’s son
A right-back at Manchester United between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Phil Neville became Inter Miami’s second manager in January 2021 after coaching England’s women’s team for three and a half years. Like his ex-teammate and friend David Beckham, he brought his son back in his luggage to Florida. Harvey Neville, also 19, was trained at Manchester United where he signed a first professional contract in the summer of 2020. He now plays for the same team as Romeo Beckham, Inter Miami II, who has changed name this season by integrating the new reserve championship created by MLS, the MLS Next Pro, which like the USL League One, has third division status in the United States.
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Performances to put into perspective
Harvey Neville, right back like his father (decidedly), has already played and scored with Inter Miami in preseason matches. This year he knocks on the door of the first team, which wants to integrate him gently into its workforce. For Romeo Beckham, the road to the top level seems less obvious at the moment. After a very slow start last year, he impressed in the first three matches of the 2022 financial year with four assists. A slender player of 1.81m for only 64 kilos, the young man has an excellent right foot which recalls that of his father. It is he who takes the free kicks and corners of his team. On the other hand, he lacks physical power and speed of execution in his movements.
His recent performances are also to be put into perspective since he has only played four matches this season, and the MLS Next Pro is a very young championship launched on March 25 with teams at very disparate levels. Wait and see, therefore, before getting carried away on the sporting future of the young man. And if that didn’t work out in football, Romeo Beckham could always return to modeling. The Puma brand has just offered him 1.4 million euros in December to make him his muse.
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