David Beckham is keen to help England bid to host the 2018 World Cup.He played a high-profile role promoting London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, met with Gordon Brown today and expressed his interest in becoming a bid ambassador to the British Prime Minister.
"I was proud to be involved in 2012 and being involved in 2018 is something I would be very interested in too," said David. "Being English, to bring the World Cup back to England would be something really special and I would be honoured to be involved in that."
David, who had a one-hour private meeting with Brown at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, gave the prime minister a guided tour of his east London soccer academy.
Gordon Brown expressed his desire to take similar schemes across Britain, after being taken around the academy by Beckham. David showed him the educational programmes provided for youngsters including lessons in nutrition and team building.
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