Beckham cools Real Madrid president retirement claims

A spokesman for David Beckham has denied comments from Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon that he intends to retire "inside the next two years".
 
A spokesman for Beckham said: "Talk of retirement is a complete surprise to us. No-one has ever discussed a retirement date."

Calderon is hopeful Beckham will sign an extension to his current deal, which expires next year: "It would be fantastic if he would stay with us for the next two years."

He also told BBC Radio Five Live: "I read somewhere that perhaps he's going to the States for a golden retirement."

"I'm quite sure that nowadays a player at 34 or 35 can play easily. Especially him, who's a great professional, he's been training all his life."

"He does things in the right way. I imagine that if he wants, when he leaves Real Madrid, he can be anywhere in the world - in the States perhaps, why not back in England?"