Brooklyn Beckham Gets Tryout With Chelsea Youth Team, Could Follow In Dad’s Footsteps

Brooklyn Beckham has a tryout with one of England’s highest-regarded youth teams, and with it a chance to follow in his dad’s footsteps.

The teenage son of David Beckham has a tryout with the London club Chelsea in an under-14 game, sources said. Thought the Brooklyn Beckham tryout was never officially confirmed, pictures of David Beckham play were posted on Twitter this week.

Brooklyn Beckham’s tryout could lead him on a path to the Premier League, NESN reported:

“Top pro teams routinely sign talented young players to their youth academies. The elder Beckham, a former England captain and Manchester United star, is mulling offers from clubs around the world after leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of a six-year stint in Major League Soccer. When Beckham played in the U.S., Brooklyn was on the Galaxy’s youth team. He still appears on the Galaxy website as a member of their under-14 squad, but the family left Los Angeles last month and returned to England.”

Many soccer fans are looking forward to Brooklyn Beckham’s tryout and the chance to see if he inherited his father’s skills on the pitch. Many British newspapers have reported on the tryout.While Brooklyn Beckham may have a tryout, his dad is still in search of a team, Sports Illustrated noted. The former English captain and star of the Manchester United is reportedly listening to offers from teams around the world after he ended his six-year stint on the Los Angeles Galaxy with a Major League Soccer title this year.