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David Beckham is moving back to the US without his family.

The 42-year-old retired soccer star – who currently lives in London – has revealed he’s jetting across the pond later this year and setting up home in Miami in order to fulfill his dreams of managing his own club.

Speaking at a press conference in Miami, Florida, David said: "I want to thank my family. Brooklyn and my wife Victoria, who is at home with the other kids.

"They’ve been through the good times and the bad times and I owe them everything."

While David will no doubt see a lot of his eldest son Brooklyn, 18, as he’s currently studying photographer at Parsons School of Design in New York, he’ll be living apart from his wife Victoria and their other children, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 12, and Harper, six.

The 43-year-old fashion designer will be living in London with the youngsters during school term time but will spend the summer holidays in Miami with David.

The hunk added: "Whenever they [my family] can, they’ll be coming over."

And, although the former Spice Girls singer will be caring for the children on her own, she’s looking forward to "spending much more time" in Miami throughout the year.

During the press conference, a video of Victoria was played and in the short clip, she said: "We can’t wait to be spending much more time in Miami."

Harper added: "Hi daddy, I can’t wait to see your first football match!"

The former England captain has spent four years trying to get his MLF franchise – which he part owns with Bolivian entrepreneur Marcelo Claure – off the ground.

Speaking on Miami’s Local 10 News station, he said: "It has been a process. It’s been painful at times. I think the fact that it has taken this long, the fact that it’s taken four years actually has worked as a positive.

"I’ve always believed in the project. That’s why, for me, I never gave up. I knew Miami was the city. I knew this was going to be special. There have been many (hurdles). I’m a persistent person and I don’t like to lose."

David Beckham admits his quest to launch his own soccer team has been "painful".

The 42-year-old icon has been diligently working towards forming his side in Miami, Florida, for a number of years, but he’s confessed that the long-winded process has been tiresome at times.

David – who previously played for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer (MLS) – shared: "It’s been painful at times. I’m a persistent person. I don’t like to lose."

David and his business partners plan to fund the construction of a 25,000-seat stadium in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood.

The investment group have been forced to explore various different proposed sites for the new stadium – but David has insisted Overtown will definitely be the future home of MLS in Miami.

David told Channel 10 in Miami: "This is our site. This is a site we have paid for. This is a site we plan on using."

Despite this, David recently claimed that he and his wife, singer-turned-designer Victoria Beckham, are "saving the pennies" these days.

The world-famous couple already have millions of pounds to their name but instead of buying extravagant gifts for themselves, the Beckhams are determined to save for their children – Brooklyn, 18, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 12, and Harper Seven, six.

David previously said: "We used to be very extravagant in what we’d buy each other. But we’re obviously saving the pennies now because we have so many children to be extravagant … So it’s the simple things, really."

Although the Beckhams have the riches to live an extravagant lifestyle, the retired soccer star – who played for the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid during his sports career – insisted that’s not his motivation.

He said: "It’s more about spending time together, going for a simple dinner together. Having a nice bottle of wine together."

David and Victoria Beckham are "saving the pennies" now.

The couple may have millions of pounds to their name but instead of buying extravagant gifts for themselves, they are saving all they can for their children – Brooklyn, 18, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 12, and Harper, six.

He said: "We used to be very extravagant in what we’d buy each other. But we’re obviously saving the pennies now because we have so many children to be extravagant … So it’s the simple things, really. It’s more about spending time together, going for a simple dinner together. Having a nice bottle of wine together."

And their love of a bottle of wine stems from David’s passion for the alcoholic drink.

He added to ES magazine: "Victoria didn’t really drink wine up until very recently so she has all of a sudden discovered my passion. Well she went through a stage of drinking a nice Blue Nun and a little bit of Lambrusco but now it’s changed. I’ve introduced her to good, decent wine. I love Californian reds. I love the buttery-ness of Burgundy. Montrachet, I love. Cheval Blanc is one of my favourites."

David and Victoria may have cut down the spending on themselves but a source previously claimed they splashed out £60,000 on a new closet in their Cotswolds home.

The source shared: "The room everyone is talking about at the new pad is the walk-in underwear room. Victoria has a designer wardrobe to the left of the bedroom for her clothes, another one for her shoes and another for her bags. Then, to the right of the room, is the underwear and nightwear ‘chamber’. Victoria signed off the budget to get it designed to perfection. It comes with all mod cons including his and her pyjamas embroidered with their initials and hundreds of pairs of their favourite underwear and nightwear brands. The kids have already been warned it’s a ‘no-go zone’ and there’s even a security keypad at the door to their bedroom area."

The full interview appears in this week’s issue of ES Magazine, out January 18.

David Beckham would "never" have Botox on his face or his butt.

The 42-year-old former footballer insists he wants to "grow old gracefully" and doesn’t have "any interest" in having cosmetic injections into his face or his derriere to enhance his looks.

He said: "Cosmetic surgery might be OK for some people; I’m not saying it’s bad. But for me, personally, never. Never.

"I have no interest in doing anything like that, ever. Growing old gracefully is my thing. I would never inject my face. Or my backside, obviously."

The ex-England captain was shocked to see a comment on his Instagram once, in which a fan presumed he’d had Botox.

He said: "I’ve got so many lines and wrinkles, how can someone think that?"

One treatment David – who has four kids, Brooklyn, 18, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 12, and seven-year-old Harper, with Victoria Beckham – did once undergo was eyebrow plucking, but he has vowed never to do so again after a bad experience.

He explained: "I didn’t do it, it was done by someone else. They were like flying all over the place.

"But they took too much off one of my eyebrows, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, my eyebrows are not masculine any more.’ They were thin.

"So that’s one thing – I don’t touch my eyebrows. I let them grow naturally."

While David has vowed he wouldn’t go under the knife for cosmetic treatment in his old age, he has become more "emotional" the more birthdays he’s celebrated, admitting he has been known to shed to tear while watching sitcom ‘Friends’.

Speaking to the London Evening Standard’s ES Magazine, he added: "I could be watching an episode of ‘Friends’ and I would get emotional.

"When you have kids you become more emotional as a person.

"Anything that relates to me – family, the kids – that’s always something I’m going to get emotional about. I cried when they were born."